The slipery slope

The slope is slippery.  And we are on it.

Not really shocking.  I mean first I was sick.  Now she is sick.  And it looks like I might get sick again.  But I can not blame it on illness.  Behaviors are not acceptable no matter what the circumstance.

On Monday she spent the day with a friend and her 2 young kids.  Ladybug decided she liked the youngest but not the older.  So she was mean to the older one.  Why?  It is almost like she only needs to be nice to one person at a time.  Everyone else can incur the wrath.

And then there were the lies.  Just stories.  Making up things.  She went somewhere she didn't really go.  She knows someone she doesn't really know.  But honesty is important to me.  And it needs to be important to her.  And she thinks she is being believed.  So she makes up more.

And then there is the attitude.  Complete disgust or annoyance if she is required to do something she doesn't want to... run an errand, brush her teeth, do her homework, get dressed, ... anything. 

So I decided we needed to have a talk tonight.  During dinner.  Apparently my timing sucks.  First she ignored me by blowing bubbles in her milk.  So I took her glass away.  So then she began shoveling food in her mouth so fast I was worried she might choke.  So I took her food away.  And then she sat quietly... and belched at me.  Over and over.  She wanted to avoid the conversation.  So I sent her to her room.

Never a dull moment in this house.

Mean Mama