Do you ever have days when you feel like you're never heard? I feel like I experience this every single day at my house. "Chase, will you let the dogs out?" And after asking 3 more times and being told "why do I have to do everything!" the task is finally completed. Now Gunnar is actually worse. He asks for payment before he does a task. "I'll let the dogs out if you give me candy?" When I tell him "no" this is what I hear- "Fine, then I'm not going to buy you a car when you get older," or "then I'm not going to give you kisses anymore!" Lately it's been "fine, then I'm not going to give you a birthday present!" I tell him that it works both ways...then he changes his tune, because he wants toys for his birthday.
Sorry there haven't been any posts in a while, this week has been a real crippler! The days seem to be super long, and the nights are too short. For some reason the babies have been getting up A LOT more than usual. I can't tell if they are teething, or have allergies, or if my milk just isn't sustaining them at night anymore. What I do know is that the little amount of sleep my husband and I receive is crappy, and I just feel like the day drags on and on. Tonight, however, the big boys are going to sleep over at my mom and sister's houses and we're hopeful that we'll get a better night's rest tonight. Well, I've got a baby screaming at me for milk, I'll post (hopefully) again tomorrow!
My mom used the same "trick" if you can call it that. When I didn't want to do something for her, she would say "fine but I won't help you the next time you ask." It worked and it made me think about how much she was always doing for me.
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