to have sent 4 yo dd to bed with no story for this..

[camperli]

Having dinner in a hotel and had (pre) ordered a fancy dessert for dd.
She was off having a play in the kids' playroom when dessert came and when she came back I offered her mine (same as we had ordered for her) as they had not brought hers and I was too full to eat all of mine.

DD refused to eat mine and insisted at length on having her own. Eventually I thought, well, we have ordered and paid for it so we may as well get it, so I asked for hers to be brought. They brought a child sized version of mine, not so pretty or so much. She tasted one bite and then pushed it away and said she didn 't like it and wouldn't try any more.

I'm afraid I saw red, marched her to our room immediately and sent her to bed with no story. When asked by very tearful dd why she was being sent to bed, I answered that her behaviour had been selfish and greedy, but I'm not sure that that is an explanation a 4 year old can understand. She has fallen straight asleep.

I am still really angry, but don't know how to explain this come tomorrow morning. Also not sure if my reaction is appropriate.

Oh Gawd & your just perfect aren't you Ramona & you attack eco for sounding so holier than though

^I give my DD 5.5 credit for not being a "little moo".

I give myself credit for never talking about in such^

& I give myself credit for having a sense of humour & a relationship with my DD good enough for her to feel quite happy to own up to doing EXACTLY as I mention enough

As I mention above - damned typo gremlins at it again

Oh Rock, come on. I was responding to your passive aggressive suggestion that my DD was thick!

Truce. This is too silly a thing to squabble over. The sun is shining and I have too much work to do.

Fair enough OP.

I agree with Dittany about the I'm big, therefore I am right attitude.

Way to give a child food issues, I think.

Nope, you read me completely wrong again there Ramona

sitting here reading some of your ridiculous diatribe on the OP & anyone that dare view her actions as being in anyway reasonable - its YOURSELF that comes across as lets just say "naive*

was responding to your passive aggressive suggestion

Oh THAT old chestnut, [rollseyes] I love the way that phrase so often pops up on here, when the arguments ran its course & not won - you'll be shouting BULLY next [rollseyes]

& yes Sun is shining here too, so "nuff said" :)

Oh Well.

rockinhippy 10:55:55
I can only presume your own experience is either with boys, younger children, less bright, or perhaps you are just naive & perhaps not giving your own children the credit they deserve wink

Bye bye now.

maybe she actually didn't like it?
Not healthy to make a child eat something they don't lilke especially food that may be classed as unhealthy.
OP should have in hindsight made sure the DD tasted the pudding to see if she liked it.

Sorry rockin - I agree that that statement was an exaggeration and overlooked your input.

No worries eco very easily done on this thread thats for sure[rollseyes]

Seems theres a few that have attached themselves to this thread, that like to make sure that their view is heard loud enough to drowned out any of the more sane responses - so like I say, in the light of that - I was very easily missed

good night :)

I think i must be the odd one out. I am all in favour of wasting food. Im all for leaving food once you are "full".