"No, different one!" (a general phrase used when Mia wants a different shirt, pants, socks, spoon, bowl, etc.)
"No, yi chi cereal" (translation: I don't want the cereal mixed together)
"No, he ma cup" (translation: I want the hippo cup)
"No, change diaper, later!" (she says while running away from me)
My little girl is turning into a major diva. Not sure that I can handle these constant changing demands and defiance with my fuse getting shorter and shorter each day. While it is nice to see that Mia is growing into her own person with her own ideas and preferences, it is also hard to give up the "control" I once had over her.
The girl wants to eat a little bit of three different cereals for breakfast and none of it can be in the same bowl. Because she was a picky eater, we gave her a variety of choices early on, but now I fear she's grown up with too many choices, so I need to put the kabash on her expectation that she can get anything she wants whenever she wants. Starting tomorrow morning, it's one cereal and that's that.
How is it that our best intentions as parents often go awry on us? How is it that instead of listening to me, I'm listening to her? Of course, we need to validate and listen to a child's feelings, but there is a limit and children need to be taught that they cannot always get their way, though at times it does seem to be the path of least resistance (read, whining and embarrassing public tantrums). Praying that I am not raising one of those girls seen on My Super Sweet Sixteen. Lord help me be strong!
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3 comments:
I think what you are experiencing is pretty normal. Mia is almost two and wants to start to test boundaries.
You're a pretty amazing mom. And I think still doing multiple cereals is okay but what do I know. :-)
Ah the "Terrible 2" phase... It's an inherent issue that any parent has to deal with. Also, I think we tend to give too many choices to our kids. I know I have. And it trickles down and my kids get pickier and pickier. Limiting the children's number of choices is also a wise thing to do. Hang in there. :)
Thanks F and P for being faithful readers and commiserating with me.
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