Today, Keira kept bringing me the Listerine, trying to take the lid off the Listerine, and insisting she needed Listerine.
If Keilana had done the same thing at this age, I would've spent 20 minutes telling her no and eventually got the Listerine high enough that her remarkable monkey skills would've been unable to get her to it, ending with her screaming and me annoyed.
After telling Keira twice that it was yucky and still being met with annoyingly insistent begging/whining, I just gave her a teaspoon of Listerine. Problem solved. Everybody's happy, and I didn't waste 20 minutes of my life or have to endure an epic tantrum. She tried her best to spit it out, and happily went along her merry little way.
You live, you learn.
If Keilana had done the same thing at this age, I would've spent 20 minutes telling her no and eventually got the Listerine high enough that her remarkable monkey skills would've been unable to get her to it, ending with her screaming and me annoyed.
After telling Keira twice that it was yucky and still being met with annoyingly insistent begging/whining, I just gave her a teaspoon of Listerine. Problem solved. Everybody's happy, and I didn't waste 20 minutes of my life or have to endure an epic tantrum. She tried her best to spit it out, and happily went along her merry little way.
You live, you learn.
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