The harsh realities of being a preschooler. After picking out all of the marshmellows in the Lucky Charms, he now proceeds to tell me that the rest of his cereal is yucky and that he "WANTS MORE MARSHMELLOWS NOW!" Of course, you can't get more marshmellows until you eat the rest of the cereal. This leads to stomping, and yelling, and throwing himself on the floor. To which I reply "Noah, This isn't my problem. You know the rules. Eat the rest of the cereal and I will give you more. Those are the rules." And then, "YES! IT IS! IT IS YOUR PROBLEM, MOMMY! IT IS!" I am at the fridge and have to stick my head inside of it so he won't see my laughing at his hilarity. So upset. What a hard lesson to learn, though. I'm still learning it as an adult. It's a cruel, cruel world, friend. This is just one of many perceived injustices. And if you don't stop throwing a tantrum I'm putting you in time out.
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Instead of "time out" or hiding your head in the fridge, why not try cramming the little monster IN the fridge for his time out.
"I am at the fridge and have to stick my head inside of it so he won't see my laughing at his hilarity." Lady there ain't nothing funny about this whole scene. Your kids already a sugar freak, yelling and stomping and throwing himself on the floor, and has a mother who finds that teaching him respect for food, and his mother, is "a hard lesson to learn,".
Are you for real?
Dorinda Fox - you mean.....there's CEREAL in there too?!? ;-)
I forget how cute those little darlings can be.
Kids will push little stuff at this age and act like it's the end of their existence. My kid at the age of three, had a tantrum in the cereal aisle at a grocery store, when I threw myself down on the ground next to him and started to wail along with him, he clammed up pretty quick. Last tantrum he had. I've had people tell me that I handled that wrong, but it worked. And now, occasionally, I'll still throw myself to the ground in the cereal aisle and have a tantrum.