HI MDC's-
I don't mean to exclude ds's. My dd is almost 7.5 y.o. She is challenging as can be. Picky about everything!!!!!!!!!!! Notices everything!!!!!!!!!! One day she is *super* mature at Church.....then later she will get into a whinning fight with ds(almost 3)......claiming he is "lying" about something(as if he *could*)......she will climb into bed with us first thing one morning,knock(literally) ds out of the way, telling him,"his time is up nursing and cuddling",and the next morning, climbs into bed saying,"ohhhh what a sweet baby...doesn't mommy's nursies taste gooooood?"!!!!!!
She will only read the Berenstain Bears( and I mean the picture books!) one day, and insist on readiing Little Women the next! She is still scared to death of any "Chronicles of Narnia" and throws a fit each time we are at the library when I (as always) say no to Junie B. Jones or Scooby Doo books. She is wonderfully defiant, but it is sooo frustrating!!! She has a very *sassy* tone of voice which she uses when she is pissed or frustrated.
She has been begging us to give her an allowance..... I explained that we felt that allowance should be given for "extra" chores done around the house and yard-without complaint- and that we were devising(?) a system where she put 1/3 of her money into a spending jar,1/3 into a "charity" bank(where she could save to donate to the church,animal shelter,women's shelter,etc....),and 1/3 to her piggy bank to save till she is 18 y.o.-hopefuuly for college or whatever she wants at that stage of her life. SHE FLAT OUT REFUSED TO DONATE MONEY OR SAVE MONEY-SAID SHE WOULD RATHER NOT RECEIVE AN ALLOWANCE!!!! We then told her that her answer told us she was not ready to handle money,etc.....the rest of the night was HE!!
Also
hen she hasn't gone poop yet,or eaten for a few hours, she is a little monster!!!!!!!!!!!
I just drove her and 3 other kids close to her age to a field trip about an hour away. We played a game called"Let's get to know each other".......when I asked each child what they would want to change about the world,each gave a sweet answer....except dd.....she said she would allow every child to watch TV everyday while eating candy!!!!!!!!! She looked directly at me in the rear view mirror, and I did NOT react! I simply said,"Okay....dc your turn...." She was most definitely trying to "ruffle" my feathers, as we don't watch TV M-F anymore...and we rarely eat candy.(WE homeschool-so I feel VERY justified in pulling the plug on both TV AND Videos M-F). She is allowed unlimited TV on Saturdays(which are usually busy for our family,and amounts to about 2-3 hours total) on Sundays-it depends on whether dh has to work or not.....but I usually allow her no more than an hour.
I have read the books,spend one on one time with her.....away from ds.....and pour my love out to her. Everyday I feel a little more squished!!!
PLease!!!!!!! Tell me it's the age!!! If it's not, I can handle that too!!!
mp
I don't mean to exclude ds's. My dd is almost 7.5 y.o. She is challenging as can be. Picky about everything!!!!!!!!!!! Notices everything!!!!!!!!!! One day she is *super* mature at Church.....then later she will get into a whinning fight with ds(almost 3)......claiming he is "lying" about something(as if he *could*)......she will climb into bed with us first thing one morning,knock(literally) ds out of the way, telling him,"his time is up nursing and cuddling",and the next morning, climbs into bed saying,"ohhhh what a sweet baby...doesn't mommy's nursies taste gooooood?"!!!!!!
She will only read the Berenstain Bears( and I mean the picture books!) one day, and insist on readiing Little Women the next! She is still scared to death of any "Chronicles of Narnia" and throws a fit each time we are at the library when I (as always) say no to Junie B. Jones or Scooby Doo books. She is wonderfully defiant, but it is sooo frustrating!!! She has a very *sassy* tone of voice which she uses when she is pissed or frustrated.
She has been begging us to give her an allowance..... I explained that we felt that allowance should be given for "extra" chores done around the house and yard-without complaint- and that we were devising(?) a system where she put 1/3 of her money into a spending jar,1/3 into a "charity" bank(where she could save to donate to the church,animal shelter,women's shelter,etc....),and 1/3 to her piggy bank to save till she is 18 y.o.-hopefuuly for college or whatever she wants at that stage of her life. SHE FLAT OUT REFUSED TO DONATE MONEY OR SAVE MONEY-SAID SHE WOULD RATHER NOT RECEIVE AN ALLOWANCE!!!! We then told her that her answer told us she was not ready to handle money,etc.....the rest of the night was HE!!
Also
hen she hasn't gone poop yet,or eaten for a few hours, she is a little monster!!!!!!!!!!!I just drove her and 3 other kids close to her age to a field trip about an hour away. We played a game called"Let's get to know each other".......when I asked each child what they would want to change about the world,each gave a sweet answer....except dd.....she said she would allow every child to watch TV everyday while eating candy!!!!!!!!! She looked directly at me in the rear view mirror, and I did NOT react! I simply said,"Okay....dc your turn...." She was most definitely trying to "ruffle" my feathers, as we don't watch TV M-F anymore...and we rarely eat candy.(WE homeschool-so I feel VERY justified in pulling the plug on both TV AND Videos M-F). She is allowed unlimited TV on Saturdays(which are usually busy for our family,and amounts to about 2-3 hours total) on Sundays-it depends on whether dh has to work or not.....but I usually allow her no more than an hour.
I have read the books,spend one on one time with her.....away from ds.....and pour my love out to her. Everyday I feel a little more squished!!!
PLease!!!!!!! Tell me it's the age!!! If it's not, I can handle that too!!!
mp
