Picture by SarahOhhh, I love this girl. She can be the sweetest, kindest little girl with an infectious giggle, but she does have another dimension to her personality. I have no idea where she got her stubbornness, certainly NOT ME! Stubborn can be good, as long as it's directed properly. :)
Speaking of pet peeves (Jori's blog-not that her blog is a pet peeve of mine...she just blogged about them) I have a big one that is developing. When a certain girl child of mine tells me "NO". It started off she said "NO" in a huffy voice, but she would always go right away and do whatever it was I asked her to do. So, I'd ignore it and all was well. In the last couple of days...she has said "NO" and then didn't do what I said! Hello!! Not good. So, today I told her, "if you tell me "NO" when I ask you to do something there will be consequences." So, first off I tell everybody, except Hunter he was already at baseball camp, to get ready, we are going to the gym. "I am NOT going to the gym without Hunter!" And she proceeded to go up to the gameroom to play. So, I gave her the job of vacuuming the downstairs. When we got home I asked her to clean up her socks and shoes that seemed to be all over the house- "NO" was her response. I gave her the job of dusting downstairs. I asked her to do something else "NO"- wham the game room is getting picked up. I think she is figuring things out, because she hasn't said "NO" to me for a few hours now. As a test, I asked her to get some paper towels from upstairs, "sure Mom" with a sly little smile. Hunter has gone through this stage and he has made it out safely to the "other side", but his stage hit when he was 10 almost 11 not 8! I just hope it's short lived, I'm dreaming I know, but can't a girl dream???
8 comments:
Mom and Dad always say she is the spitting image of YOU!!! I'll never know the joys of a daughter who acts just like me. That is probably a good thing! Glad you can keep a smile on your face.
i go thru this with maya, too, and she already says no and then proceeds to not obey. she does it to chris all the time - he swears that she doesn't listen to one thing he says. it's frusterating. and it's hard to know what to do, especially with a 3 year old.
i should add that she's not like this all the time - it's totally only on tired and grumpy days. today she's a total angel - did the dishes for me (remarkably well) and now she's picking up the markers mason threw all over the living room. so no maya bashing today.
I am glad you have older kids. I can see what you do and follow your example. when I was little I would always say yes(just to get my mom off my back) and then I wouldn't do it. heehee
Jori, you had a good thing going. Just wait until Kaitlin figures out a few of your old tricks.
ah hannah's just figuring out the ropes. she's seeing what she can do without getting severely hurt. she'll learn. and i'm glad you're "whamming" her with some jobs. its good for them :)
that is a mom technique i need to store in my brain for use at a later date...although ian swears that while i was at book club last night, gracie said "no" when he asked her to do something. i think she's too young for that...at least i hope...
Good for you! You're a good, mom. And, that's a fabulous idea I'm going to steal and use with my daughter one day :)
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