My 3 year old absolutely loves winding people up. She has always laughed her head off at me and her Dad when we have gotten angry with her. She squeals with delight when you get angry or shout, so obviously we try not to.
She spends some days actively trying to wind me up by asking me to do 100 things for her. She will ask for cereal with no milk, I sit down, suddenly she wants milk. She wants a dress, I get her a dress, suddenly she wants leggings etc. She had a big grin on her face because she knows it's annoying me.
It has started to happen in nursery too and they have told me a couple of times that they have had to put her in the naughty corner for shouting in the middle of stories when the teacher is trying to read a book. She was told not to and she carried on doing it. She does this at home with me too, but I just stop reading the book. She was laughing her head off when she told me the story 🙈🙈. She took her clothes off at nursery and refused to put them back on. I know it's purely to wind everyone up.
Is this a normal phase for a 3 year old, or do I need to start doing something to stop this behaviour? It's not the end of the world at home, but I don't want her turning in to one of those kids the teachers can't stand in nursery/school?