Having a bad morning and need a rant.
Why when you ask a 5yo to not jump on the bed as there are glasses of water on bedside cabinet and also light hangs low and is glass, would they say "no". Not really no I won't but more in a "no you're wrong" sort of voice. She does this all the time and I don't know where to go from there as it's not defiant exactly and it's not a question as to why it's dangerous which I could easily explain. I find it really weird and it drives me crazy. My DH has just resorted to "just do what you are told" or "just do what you are told when we say something is dangerous and we can talk about why afterwards". A year later though we still get that weird response. Not just about that but about lots of things.
Why when you tell said 5yo not to announce "I'm finished!" when they have had enough dinner or to repeat "I'm finished, I'm finished, I'm finished, I'm finished, I'm finished, I'm finished, I'm finished, I'm finished" until they get a response (usually angry by then), why would they keep doing it? Even when you explain at every meal time that it's because when they say "I'm finished" their little sibling stops eating too and little sibling doesn't eat enough at the moment. So you tell them not to do it and why every day or at least most days why would they keep doing it? Because they forget? That would seem likely as she really genuinely looks suprised when she gets told off (attention span of a knat!) Is it for attention? That would makes sense too as I don't think she gets as much one on one as she would like.
Sometimes I just don't get it! This parenting thing is so hard and she is such a tricky one!