DS sometimes has bad hair days - nothing goes right, nothing is simple. Eg on a normal day, when he says his feet are cold (tiled floors) I usually say 'well you know where your slippers are' and off he goes. On a bad day he'll want me to get them and if I don't - he'll tantrum or sulk for ages which makes me feel really angry or guilty.
The easy option would be to pander to his grumpiness to avoid upset for both of us eg offer to go and get his slippers straight away because I see he's having a bad day. But I don't want to raise a boy who thinks because he got out of bed the wrong side everyone will be his slave!
My question is, how much do you expect from 4 year olds? Are you flexible with your expectations when you know they're having a grumpy day or are you completely consistent - treating them more like an adult.
He's having one today - the snow is too cold so just stood in the garage and watched while DD and I made a snowman before school!