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Wednesday, November 24th, 2004Dad reports this morning:
Tommy lies in bed right now. He has had his medicine and now won’t respond to me unless I slap his leg (gentle shakes no longer work and backrubs/scratchings take 20 minutes) and then his response is only to whine and yell “stop hitting me!” I ask him to sit up and he responses with a whining drawn out “DaaaAAaaaAAAaaaAAD”. I tell him he needs to sit up and he says “I’m tired.” I remind him we have this same conversation everyday and that he has had plenty of rest and that his body just needs some movement to shake off the “tired.” He replys “StoooOOP IT!” I tell him “It doesn’t matter if you are tired. An adult has asked you to do something and you must do it.” His whining response “It’s not fair!” and he continues to ignore me. At this point I have to make a decision. If I continue to push it this will turn into a yelling match that will wake the toddler and upset Mom. As wrong as I feel it is to back down, I step away saying “ok. Just lie there and miss your bus.”