me: "kids, it's time to get your shoes on."
kids: "where are we going? why do we have to put our shoes on?" "no mommy, i don't want to."
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me: "please go wash your hands and faces in the bathroom WITH soap."
kids: "why do we have to wash our hands? we did that already today!" "i don't WANT to!"
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me: "it's time to get in the bath."
kids: "i don't need a bath." "NOOOO!!! I don't want to!!"
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me: "please finish eating your dinner."
kids: "but mom, i already had one bite. i'm done." "i finished. mommy, i don't want to. i no like it."
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me: "it's bed time. let's read stories in marissa's room."
kids: "but mom it's not 8:30 yet!" "i DON'T want to!! i want to play the wii!! where's daddy?? can i sleep with yooooooou?!"
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*ugh* so maybe they're not SO bad ALL the time, but the talking back is wearin' me out! all i want is a simple, "yes mommy." is that too much to ask? please tell me they grow out of it!
ps... car shopped all day long - no purchase yet. we drove the enclave, which is nice, but the sales manager was such a slimeball. we got our keys back and got the heck out of there! the mercedes was also very nice and i didn't even give the enclave a second look after driving that baby! but, the one we were looking at doesn't have all the features i'm looking for.
more shopping next week...keep your comments coming!
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3 comments:
Sounds like they need a visit from Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle...
Natalie is sooooooooooooooo in that phase. EVERYTHING is an argument and its driving me NUTS!!!! I totally sympathize!
I second Amy--- have you read any of those books to Mari yet? They're great.
We are using this, "As soon as you...we/you can..." and it is working well with Kate (and sometimes Ian).
"As soon as you brush your teeth, we can read stories."
"As soon as you eat your dinner, we can go for a bike ride."
"As soon as you kneel down, we can pray."
It doesn't really leave room for a come-back-- but rather directs them and lets them feel a little bit in control...
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