My 3-year old Negotiator!
posted on 08/12/2007
Okay, so now Will is getting more of his own "will." He made his own bowl of cereal this morning. Got the cereal down, a bowl and poured it himself. He filled the bowl to the rim, and I didn't think he would eat the whole thing. He put a minor dent in it and asked to be excused from the table. Here's where the negotiating started. Usually I'll tell him to eat two more bites and he does and then asks to be excused...end of story.
This morning, I told him to eat 5 more bites because he poured such a big bowl and was wasting most of it. He looked back at me and said, "No mommy, I don't want to eat 5 bites, I want to eat 2 bites." I told him, "No, eat 4 more bites." He then said, "No, 3 bites." I was stunned. I had to give in...I was out of numbers and he won! I said, "Okay, 3 more bites." and he did. Look out Kevin Spacey, here comes Will!
