I know this describes every 4yo that ever lived but Dd is currently doing a lot of pre-school influenced silly behaviour, apparently in full confidence that I will both discipline her and that I will also find it hilarious.
She's a very good girl and very trustworthy girl and very dependent on my good opinion. The things she is doing are things I could usually trust her with.One instance would be I let her eat her yoghurt for pudding in front of her favourite programme as a treat. I've done it before and she loves it. Today she came to the kitchen with is smeared all over her face. Another would be sending her for a tissue to blow her nose and I find her with them all over the floor trying to wipe her nose on as many as possible.
The examples I'm going to give are really small, but she is doing the sorts of things constantly. I bring her up on it every single time, but is this the right thing to do? It's turning our days into a moanathon. Is there a way of letting her know it's not acceptable without banning potentially everything she likes, undermining her burgeoning independence (she is evry sciable but not very confident: she's never been an 'I can do it myself' kind of toddler) and being on her case all the time?
I'm not sure if I'm expressing my problem well. Is it a case of holding the line or could I lighten it up a bit without encouraging her?