DD came in from shops with DH, spent the afternoon with him there with friends, gave them a lift. She has been good for them all afternoon.
I am at home, feeling a bit poorly.
She comes in, picks up a DVD which I stupidly left by the dvd player, unbeknown to me. She was posting it through cabinet drawers when I noticed she had it, and when I took it off her it is cracked.
It is her, and my favourite dvd, My Neigbor Totoro. I took it off her and told her she had broken it. She said 'i am sowwy mama' but I do not think she really knows what this means other than she says it when mama or daddy is annoyed about something.
Anyway, she immediately says what am I going to watch now? I wanted to watch it. I said she can't as it is broken. She wants to watch scooby doo, but I said no tv, she wants computer but I said no computer, but DH said computer is fine (changed his mind when I flashed my peepers at her). She then got down from sofa when asked not to, and knocked a glass over, spilt it all over the floor, again my fault as I left it there.
Problem is, we have builders here who have power tools in the hallway atm and she cannot go and play in her room, it is noisy, she is tired and there is not much else that will keep her calm. So we sat and cuddled and read a book.
Then she asked to watch tv nicely. I said ok, but only if she promises to be a good girl, but no scooby doo as she has broken the dvd.
She now really really wants scooby doo and I have said no.
I do not want it to go unchallenged this breaking of a dvd, as she needs to learn to look after her things and not be like, oh its broken, nevermind I will do something else, but I do not really know how to handle this today...
have I been too lenient, not lenient enough? Right punishment, completely inappropriate punishment? I just could not think of what else to do, but do not think she really has any clue of consequences or what breaking the dvd means, she has already moved on