Presley Pie

 

Presley, you can be so fun and so nice and so funny. You can love your sister so sweetly...........

then you squeeze Pipers cheeks and she doesn't cry, so you do it just a little harder.  Then you hear something you don't like (like NO! or stop that!) and you snap. ! The attitude comes out and you are a totally different person. There is no listening, no compromise, it is either your way or YOUR WAY! I think this change came when we moved into this house and when Piper was born. We all have tried very hard to make you feel just as important as you were before (and as you are and always will be!) We make notice of all the good things you do, how sweet you can be, how helpful you are but in 'those moments' you don't care about anything but getting what you want. For example, Saturday morning you wanted to play with markers in the family room (sorry, no markers on the carpet), you refused to sit at the table with them so I got up to take them away from you and you hit me. There is no hitting in this house, so off to time out you went. Not without a struggling, screaming fight...of me putting you in your bedroom, putting you in your bedroom, putting you in your bedroom and finally just holding the door shut until you calmed down enough to listen and apologize to me. Unfortunately these time outs don't seem to really make a difference but we need to just be consistent and not give in to what you want...probably like you are used to us doing over the last 3 years. YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS! At least you are not like this in public. At preschool, at the mall, anytime it is just YOU with us, you are great! We'll cherish those moments for now, b/c my darling daughter....you WILL realize that you are NOT the boss.