Ok, i've posted before about dd being a messer who can't leave anything alone. Examples include getting new clothes out of the bag while i'm putting the shopping away and ripping off the tags and dragging them around before we even know they fit, opening parcels and throwing away the boxes before i've seen if they work...well you get my drift. (I'm not a compulsive shopper btw, i'm talking about things we need
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I've found a tin of sweetcorn opened and put back in the cupboard. A sachet of cappuccino opened and splattered all over the bathroom sink, salt tipped over the kitchen worktops, a pudding opened and shoved back in the fridge to go off, a box of cakes ripped up and cakes shoved loose in the fridge, tub of butter taken up to her room. This is just in the last few weeks but she does it all the time. I've had tins of biscuits at Christmas dragged around the floor to find them covered in pet hairs etc. Of course, i'm having to just throw food away all the time. I can't count the number of times i've told her not to play with food but she just doesn't listen. She'll sneak off and do it while i'm having a bath or upstairs putting clothes away. It pisses me right off because we don't have much money but I always make sure we've plenty of food.
So tonight we were doing pancakes, she was going to help. I was going to cheat this year and bought two "shake to bake" things. I asked her to pass me the bottle and read out the instructions to her. Then she said "oops, I put both of the bottles into one". I said "well, you wont be having pancakes then will you?". She ran screaming upstairs and I haven't seen her since.
I know it isn't a big deal, ffs I can stick it all in a bowl but i'm just so fed up with it. Feeling really cruel now...think I overreacted.