- We had a show down at our house on Saturday. Lately, every time I tell Lennox to do something, he says "No... because I can't" or "No... because it's not working" or "No.... I can't like to!" I am sick of it. I have been explaining (repeatedly) that he is not to talk back or talk ugly to adults. When I tell him to do something, he doesn't need to respond he just needs to do it. Well, that's going over really well. So, Saturday I was cleaning and I told him to pick up his trains. "No, because I can't." Well, yes you can so pick them up. "No, because No." Uh... pick them up. "No, because it's not working." On and On. So, after a good face to face explanation and my "I'm not playing with you" tone, he still can't, won't, no, not, this, that.... So he stood in the corner (twice). Still, he can't do it because "he can't like it." Ok, meet Mr Spoon. Remember him? You do? Ok, pick up the trains. Still he says, nope, not going to, not doing it, no mommy, no this, no that... I want daddy, I miss daddy, it's not working, blah blah blah. Well, I really didn't know that telling him to pick up 3 Thomas the Trains was going to turn into an hour long battle (it really lasted an hour) but I had to stand my ground. This child is HARD headed!!! Seriously. I really almost lost my cool. Well, I will admit, I did lose my cool. But... I got myself back together, calmly put him in his room and told him he could leave when he picked up the trains. It took a while but, I won. On Sunday, the sermon was about Love and how real Love is patient, is not easily angered/provoked, is not rude... Yes, thank you Lord, I got the message! Being a parent is such a struggle sometimes. I really just wanted to pick up the trains myself and go play but then what lesson would he have learned? That is doesn't really matter what mommy says, you don't have to do it.
- Lennox has a few quirks. The major quirk as of late is that nothing can be broken including food, circles drawn on paper (the ends have to touch), boxes that don't close properly, etc. If you give him a piece of cheese, it better be a square and it BETTER NOT tear. Or, he can't eat it because 'it's B-R-O-K-E-N!" waahhhh. Or, if you give him a "nolar bar" it better be in two pieces, broken in a straight line, one big and one tiny (Do NOT break it in half!)... or he can't eat it and it goes in the trash. Lately, I've noticed he eats his cheeseburgers in a straight line across... like I would think Pac Man would eat. He doesn't eat sandwiches like that though, not yet anyway. I know I shouldn't but I try to cater to this particular quirk just so less food gets wasted. He really won't eat it!
- My niece is 13 (but thinks she's 24) and her FB status said "what's a sock hop?" The responses were ridiculous but one of them said something like "my mom said it's like a dance with poodle skirts, like from the 80's!" HUH? The 80's? Really? Am I really that old?! Are kids really that clueless? Better yet, are kid's parents really that dumb?!
- Stella is the SWEETEST baby ever!!! She has the sweetest personality. She must get that from her mama!!! ha ha
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
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Sam does the exact same thing with cereal bars. He'll freak out if/when it breaks. What is that about? I'm hoping it's a stage.
too funny - martha wouldn't eat her cereal bar that she demanded she have this morning because - "it's broke broke" ...she did eat it eventually though...
Martha isn't going to turn down food.......even if it is broke broke.
Henry's new thing is that he doesn't eat food that is "old".
Laurin - what works to get Henry to do what I want him to do is is counting to three. I tell him I'll count to three and either he can do it or I will have to help him do it. Usually, he hops right to it because he will be damned if I do something to help him. Maybe you can tailor that to Lennox somehow.....
So I'm glad that my child isn't the only one who freaks over the broken food!! Maybe it's just a two year old thing?
Laura, I try the counting to three and every now and then it works. Sometimes I say "one, two..." and Lennox stands there and says "three" or runs away holding his behind! ha. I try the corner, he likes it. I try time out, he likes it. I tell him, ok well if you can't play with it nicely we'll put it in the trash... he puts it in the trash!! I explain myself by saying Mommy doesn't want you to get hurt and that will hurt you in such&such way, so don't do it. He does it. He is seriously hard headed!! The whole "don't come out until you do what I asked" seemed to work... until he figures out his toys are in his room so he can just play! I guess it is just life with a toddler! keep the suggestions coming though b/c I am willing to try anything that might work.
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