What of LOs little whimsies and demands do you oblige on a daily basis, and really shouldn't?

[bergentulip]

....(generally around the 2/3yr old mark) that make you wander sometimes what the hell you are doing?

I, for example, am currently letting 3yr old DS1 fall asleep on the floor of our bedroom every night, with a song on a little cd player thingie going round and round on repeat,.. and then half an hour after he has fallen asleep I carry him into his bed. Madness.

There are million other tiny rituals I follow for the sake of peace (within limits), but what does everyone else out there just 'do' for their little ones?

bergen - I have exactly the same here. I never get enough breakfast because dd, who has had breakfast with daddy already, has to 'share'.

And I always sit where I'm told to. It's just so not worth objecting.

And every spoon, fork, cup whatever has to be exactly where dd dictates - no matter how nonsensical.

Stairs dictatorship here too. Has frequently resulted in me almost breaking my neck carrying DS2, by tripping over DS1 who is slowly picking his way down the stairs.

We have had "mini-sandwiches" for dinner every night for 4 nights now - pieces of bread with ham on that have to be cut up into tiny pieces.

Aforementioned sandwiches have often been sent back to the chef for re-cutting because they are not small enough

dd1 - constantly rewinding musical films to a particular song over and over and over............yawn

Obviously the stairs thing is pretty common - ds says "no mummy i want to be the winner".

He's just watched the same scene of Cars about 10 times. What's the point in saying 'no'?!

Our biggest problem is that dh doesn't agree that we should let him have his way in all these little things. I do it cos it's not worth arguing over, dh thinks he should do as he's told...

What is it about stairs?

D (3) has to get to the top of the stairs before I can start climbing although she doesn't care about going down.

But like other posters, I don't think this is something I shouldn't oblige. Why not let her dictate over this?

I think the only thing that I shouldn't give in to is DS who is 5 keeping his sodden night nappy on until after breakfast but he insists and I can't face the battle at that time of day!