1. A tantrum is no fun if no one is paying attention.
2. If a food is being refused for any reason (even if that food was the absolute favorite the day before) an often successful solution is for the parent to pretend to eat it (or actually take a few bites) and then act like he/she doesn't want to give it up! This seems to make the toddler suddenly HAVE TO HAVE IT!
3. Quiet is not good....ever....unless the toddler is sleeping!
Today's lesson:
4. "Giving in" to the screaming fit might not be the best long term message or solution, but it's often necessary to save the sanity of the parent and the relationship with the neighbors.
Natalie's latest obsession is my iced latte cups! When the rare opportunity arises for me to treat myself to an iced latte at a drive through Starbucks there is a major protest in the backseat. I've started ordering an extra straw because I thought that's what Natalie wanted.
Well, today she was beside herself, even with the extra straw to play with. She screamed all the way home and once home, she didn't stop screaming. I put her little straw in a cup of water.....that didn't work. I added ice cubes to her water to further resemble my latte....that didn't work. She was screaming and begging for my latte. So, I decided to drink it fast, empty the ice out of my cup, rinse it out and fill that with water......in an instant the tantrum was over and Natalie happily wandered out of the kitchen with her water in the Starbucks cup drinking out of my straw!
After I filled it up about 4 times, she set it down by the back door, went outside onto the patio and, before she started playing, turned around and pointed her finger at me and from her tone the best I can figure is she was instructing me not to take her latte cup away while she was outside.
Good grief! I wonder if Starbucks will take pity on me next time and give me a free cup of ice water with a straw to give to Natalie so that I can actually take my time enjoying my overpriced treat!
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For those of you who may not know this, Kim can make an iced latte last for over 8 hours (this is not an exaggeration), so the idea of her drinking one quickly is almost incomprehensible. Conclusion: That tantrum must have been REALLY bad!
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