Saturday, March 1, 2008

Power Struggles

The last couple of days have been a little more difficult than usual. Tyson is very independent and wants to decide and do everything by himself! The last couple days we have been cracking down on making Tyson eat what we are eating or what he has chosen to eat. A lot of times we eat salad for dinner and Tyson so far doesn't care for salads. Anyway, when we eat salad I usually have been giving him a choice of what he wants. A lot of times in the morning I give him a choice for breakfast as well, just because we don't usually eat together as of yet.

Well the last couple of mornings he has chosen what he would like to eat for breakfast and then after giving it to him he doesn't want it. So, then he has to eat it. To say the least, the last couple of mornings have been lovely. It has taken him about 3 hours to finally eat his breakfast.
We are also working on potty training. He can so go potty, but it has to be his idea. So, he is not allowed to watch any more tv or movies until he goes.
It's all about control for him! And a little bit of stress and annoyance for us!

2 comments:

Allison McKenney said...

Better now than when he's a teenager...I've heard it's easier now! :)

Can't wait to see you!

Colette said...

I've also heard that they learn to eat it when it's the only option - like he really doesn't get anything else until the next meal. Sounds kinda tough, but effective.

Ditto on the seeing you!