Is anyone else an effin slave to their children?

[earlgrey]

DDs both have swimming at school this morning.

Me: Who wants me to dress them first?

dd1: Only if you go upstairs and get my pencils and my book.

Me: Got your pencils, put them in your book bag. Can't find the book we read last night, though.

dd1: Well, then I'm not getting dressed.

Is it me? Aaaaaaaagh!!!

And have to be in 10 mins earlier than normal, I forgot to add ....

How old is she?

you could try and turn it around. my dd1 is a bit like this (shes 4)

you try and say "if you go upstairs and get your own pencils and book, dd, i will help you get dressed"

if she is at school does she not dress herself tho?

Think we're all slaves to our children.
I spend my whole day doing what I'm told from dd, if I don't do exactly what she says when she says it I have to deal with her temper tantrums, 'apple' 'drink' 'biccies' 'cbeebies' drives me nuts! She is only 3 though.

I pretend I'm phoning the head.Always shifts 'em.

put these words in order:
back rod your for own

me: get dressed
kid: only if you get my book and pens
me: get dressed then get your own book and pens - what i i your slave? i think not now do as i say or we will be late THEN i will be cross.

kid: ok mum

yep - agree with custardo - the first question was where you went wrong.

I would start with - time to get dressed.

If the book and pens issue comes up - I would say something like - they are yours, you need them, you get them. I am not your servant.

Or alternatively - do I look like I am doing nothing ? I am busy doing X - you get your own books etc.

lol FB - i do that

pick up phone
me (loudly) "is that Mrs Hendrie? im calling to say DD is being naughty, so she wont be coming today"
dd "no mummy! ill get my books and pens"

she is only 4 tho and at preschool so it helps that she adores school more than life itself

no chance.

mum, I need xyz. well you've got 2 legs and 2 arms, get it yourslef. Harsh but true

I find that pretending to leave without them helps

dd: Mummy I need to take spotty dog to nursery but I can't find him

me: he's in your bedroom

dd: can you get him

Me: no you get him

dd: I can't my leg hurts

Me: OK well you stay here today with Ruby (dog) I'm off to work

Before you know it she has run upstairs, got spotty dog and then back down

Am so with custy.

Also do CD's trick though.

got to agree with custardo here...dd is three and she knows better than to demand from me...I ask her to tidy her toys (for example) and she will say "please will you help mummy" she asks for an apple, "please can I have an apple mummy" etc etc, you get the drift.

Anything other than that she doesn't even get my attention, let alone what she "demands"

I tend to say "Oh, I didn't understand that, you weren't speaking in a rude enough voice - see if you can ask me in a really, really rude voice" They will then say really crossly "I want [this] super-right-now". I usually make them say it in an even crosser voice. Then I ask for a nice voice and I always get a really pleasantly asked question, reasonably phrased with all the demandingness taken out.

Then again my children are small, like being contradictory and are quie thick

How old are your dd's? I don't dress my 2 yo let alone my school aged one.

You may find the following phrases useful:

What did your last slave die of?
I was not put here on this earth to be your personal skivvy.
Is there something the matter with your legs?
Well if you need it, go and get it.
If you're not fully dressed in five minutes you can go to school in your pyjamas, see if I care.
Well, if you can't look after your own PE kit you'll just have to do PE in your undies.
That's not my problem, that's yours.

LOL

i do the "i dont understand what you are saying, you are speaking in a rude voice"

i think it was Twiglett who told me that trick

works every time Twig