I hate that I've been doing this lately, but I cannot seen to get my ds to listen to me unless I raise my voice. It's as if he knows I can't make him do something so he's just not going to do it. Here's an example from about 10 minutes ago. Our living room was a MESS. DS likes to throw all the toys on the floor and leave them there. We were getting ready to go out of the house but I couldn't even get the freaking door open because he emptied the bookshelf that's in front of it 
: So I told him we needed to clean up before we left. I started cleaning up the books and other toys. There's a set of 10 little chubby books that go in their own little case. I asked Owen to help me clean, but he chose to sit in front of the door looking at the chubby books instead. So I cleaned up everything else. This is the conversation that happened after...Me- "Owen- please put those books in the box."
Owen sits there staring at me.
Me- "Here, let me show you" (I took one of the books and put it in the box- even though he knows darn well what I wanted him to do)
Owen gets up and walks to the other side of the room to play with the puzzles (that I JUST cleaned up b/c he thinks playing with puzzles is take every single piece out of every single puzzle and leave it in a pile
: ).Me- "No Owen, we need to finish cleaning up the books. Pick up the books."
Owen just staring at me.
Me- "NOW"
Owen gets a boo-boo face and picks up the books.
He did end up picking up the books, but I hate that I had to yell at him to get him to do it.
How do I get him to do what I ask without barking orders? This happens at least a dozen times a day
Also- how do I get him to clean up one toy/book/puzzle before moving on to the next? It's driving me NUTS and I'm tempted to take everything and pitch it (I did go through and seriously cut back on them so he doesn't have a ton anymore).
