MY son is going through a very willful stage, and just wondered how other mothers coped/are coping with their little one.
Yesterday he wiped his nose and walked up to be and asked me to "Put it in the bin" even though he had walked right past it to get to me. I told him he has to put it in the bin and for the next 30 minutes he was crying sitting on the floor, I ignored him for about 20 minutes then asked him what was wrong and he said again to put it in the bin and I repeated what I said before, and he started up again. What I am asking is do you let the small things go, I mean it would have been so easy to put it in the bin, but I get the feeling that I will be making a rod for my own back, or am I just making things worse.
Afterwards he is back to normal, I really hope that this is a stage he is going through, trying to test the boundaries etc etc.
I just got the feeling if I give into this now I will be giving in to more and more for a quiet life.
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breeze · 22/05/2003 08:13
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