Tuesday, October 6, 2009

How to turn the tables on your parents

Little Man said no to every dinner option tonight. He thought he could just have cereal bars for dinner. Mama had other ideas. After the refusals I distracted him with some play time. Once he was engrossed in his toys, I disappeared into the kitchen to make dinner. Once it was ready, he decided he was hungry. He had 3 bites of pasta and half his strawberry applesauce. Then requested to get down. He immediately heads to the cabinet with the cereal bars and goes into full meltdown mode when I say no.

Dad comes home and gets a less than warm welcome. Little Man crawls back into my lap but refuses to eat any more off his plate. He scrambles down and heads back to the kitchen. This time hoping to sucker daddy into giving him a cereal bar. This kid still thinks Dad is just as big of a sucker as Mom.

HA!

When that strategy doesn't work he HEADS TO THE STAIRS AND ASKS TO GO TO BED.

Another future strategy out the window. Bed with no dinner? No problem Mom.

Thanks kid.

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