DD (11) was at a sleepover last night and apparently only got 4.5 hours sleep . Hence today she is absolutely shattered and not in the best of moods!
At 8pm she was watching Ant and Dec (while chatting to a mate on msn) and I told her that I wanted her laptop turned off and her in bed as soon as it finished - i.e. 9pm.
So, at 9pm she suddenly decides that she is in the middle of transferring music to her mobile from her laptop and so has to wait until its finished. Fine, said I, knowing that the bluetooth would only take a couple of minutes.
I went to empty the dishwasher and let the dog out etc. and at 9.20pm shouted to her to bring the laptop out into the living room and go to bed (otherwise I knew she'd just sit chatting on it for another hour or so!).
5 minutes later I again shouted to her to bring the laptop out and she replied that it was still transferring music . I said to her that if she didnt bring it straight out, that I would go in and get it. If the music was transferring, I could keep an eye on it and then switch the laptop off after.
A few minutes later and still nothing from her, so I went into her bedroom, shut the laptop and took it off her. She screamed at me to get out of her room and then kicked me . I told her that I would not tolerate that behaviour one bit and that she should get changed and into bed and I would deal with her in the morning.
She then came through into the kitchen, smirking . I told her to get back to bed and she replied that she needed a plaster because I'd jammed her finger in the laptop when I shut it. I knew I hadnt but gave her a plaster anyway and sent her off to bed.
I can now hear her in the bathroom emptying the cabinet and throwing all the bottles of shampoo etc. into the bath .
What do I do? How can I make her go to bed? She's never been this bad before and so I'm putting it down to being overtired.
She's also due to go to a birthday party tomorrow afternoon - should I stop her from going?