Oh my goodness. Who is this angry little thing that comes out of my normally sweet little gal?
She picks on Kate before they are to get up in the mornings. She refuses to help clean up her messes. She is becoming a full time job on her own. We will get there, but there are days it feels like I'm banging my head against a brick wall.
Yesterday we were walking into the store and she let go of my hand and took off. We hold hands in parking lots. We do not go it alone. So as I was telling her this she wandered off, like into the line of one of those powered wheelchair shopping carts, so I had to pull her back. That made her more angry, so I had to carry/pull her out of the way, as half of the opening of the store was closed off and we were very much in the way. As I tried to tell her what we need to do in public, she covered her entire face with her arms. I marched onward. She stayed put. It was busy. It was crowded. She was hostile. She thought she had won, but girlie doesn't know her Mama. There was only enough snack for two, so she didn't get any. There was only enough dessert for the rest of us. Natural consequences, natural consequences. No grocery store, no special food for you. Don't mess with that laundry folding marathon I had scheduled!
Now, I suppose I better get to the store before there is no food for anyone.
Ugghh I feel your pain. We're hitting the defiant 3's. While in the mall the other day everytime I wanted to go into a store I was met with a blood curdling "I don't want to go in that store!" I think my face went a new shade of red. We're like you though, after explaining that the behaviour is unacceptable we move on to the natural consequences. She didn't get the special snack we had bought earlier. Good luck! We'll make it through. =)
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