Demon!Boy is back
Apr. 9th, 2009 11:07 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
averygoodun42Someone sure woke up on the wrong side of the bed, today. The foot of it, actually.
Which is a shame. The last couple of days have been so nice, what with him being polite and quiet and just generally a pleasure.
The worst part is that his demands are completely nonsensical. "DAD, DRINK MORE WATER!" (So that Geoff would have to use the bathroom again, which was somehow VERY important to Babe, but I still don't understand why.)
"DON'T DRINK THAT APPLE JUICE!!! IT HAS MY GERMS ON IT!!!" And, "I DON'T WANT THIS APPLE JUICE! I ONLY WANT APPLE JUICE IN A BLUE CUP!!!" (After he'd stolen a sip of Geoff's apple juice (in the blue cup) and, you know, coughed all over the place without covering, wiping his nose on his hand, not washing his hands... At least when I pointed out that his germs are already all over us thanks to his lack of courtesy (not how I put it), he left off the germ argument. Smart boy.)
"I NEED TWO RECTANGLES!!!" (After I'd obligingly opened the bag of graham crackers and given him one, telling him that if he ate that, and the rest of the cheese on his plate, he could have more.)
I'm pretty sure all this anger comes from him having a full bladder but refusing to recognize it. Not only is a hungry man an angry man, but a bladder-full boy is a monstrous boy.
But will he go use the toilet? Nooooooooooooooooooo. That would besensible caving in to our demands, and since he is the ruler of the Universe, he cannot do that!
When Geoff left this morning, he said, "I am so sorry to leave you with him today."
I responded with a harsh "ERRRHHH" sound from a recent episode of "Medium", where she was a human lie detector. He laughed, and both our moods lightened. At least we can still joke, even if we have spawned Satan Jr.
Which is a shame. The last couple of days have been so nice, what with him being polite and quiet and just generally a pleasure.
The worst part is that his demands are completely nonsensical. "DAD, DRINK MORE WATER!" (So that Geoff would have to use the bathroom again, which was somehow VERY important to Babe, but I still don't understand why.)
"DON'T DRINK THAT APPLE JUICE!!! IT HAS MY GERMS ON IT!!!" And, "I DON'T WANT THIS APPLE JUICE! I ONLY WANT APPLE JUICE IN A BLUE CUP!!!" (After he'd stolen a sip of Geoff's apple juice (in the blue cup) and, you know, coughed all over the place without covering, wiping his nose on his hand, not washing his hands... At least when I pointed out that his germs are already all over us thanks to his lack of courtesy (not how I put it), he left off the germ argument. Smart boy.)
"I NEED TWO RECTANGLES!!!" (After I'd obligingly opened the bag of graham crackers and given him one, telling him that if he ate that, and the rest of the cheese on his plate, he could have more.)
I'm pretty sure all this anger comes from him having a full bladder but refusing to recognize it. Not only is a hungry man an angry man, but a bladder-full boy is a monstrous boy.
But will he go use the toilet? Nooooooooooooooooooo. That would be
When Geoff left this morning, he said, "I am so sorry to leave you with him today."
I responded with a harsh "ERRRHHH" sound from a recent episode of "Medium", where she was a human lie detector. He laughed, and both our moods lightened. At least we can still joke, even if we have spawned Satan Jr.
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Date: 2009-04-09 06:26 pm (UTC)My daughter, such an angel, was not like this. He is much more independent and outgoing than she was at that age and I can only chalk it up to the boy exerting his independence, a high level of intelligence, and a strong personality. I have found that giving him at least 2 choices works (most of the time) and of course, rewards (usually stickers).