Can You Not Be So Bossy?

Is it just my kid, or are all three year old’s kinda bossy?  Because Wyatt is now able to hold full conversations with us, I think he might feel, well, a bit entitled.  See, the speech delay thing was hard on all of us – mostly Wyatt.  He had behavior problems, was “asked to leave” at least two child care settings, and acted out accordingly all because of this speech delay.  Now that he has caught up with the rest of his friends, he’s a much more manageable child but….he’s a bit bossy.

Case in point: Last night I thought it’d be fun to let the kids take a bath together, Wyatt is always asking, but see, I have this fear of DROWNING MY INFANT.  Now that Brooklyn can sit up pretty good on her own, I thought what the hell.

So I cheated. I used the bumbo chair to hold Brooke up.  I TOTALLY DO NOT RECOMMEND DOING THIS.  See I have to say that, because the chair actually floats, even with the baby in it, so if you fill the tub full enough, it CAN tip over with baby in it.  But I sat right there and monitored closely.  Anyway, Wyatt is a pretty perceptive kid and noticed that once the tub was getting full Brooklyn was getting a little tippy in her bumbo.

Mom! Hold her chair!

Geez, OK.  Thanks for the parenting advice kid.

No Mom! Use two hands!

Alrighty then.  I could not lift my hands off that chair for even a second without Wyatt making me feel like a third rate parent.  Needless to say the kids didn’t get that clean during bath time last night.

(Notice how he has his arm holding onto the chair at all times? Kind of cute what a protective older brother he is becoming already.)

It seems like even playtime is getting a bit bossy. 

Mom, stand here.  Chase me.  No, like this, mom.

I finally stopped our play and said Can you not be so bossy, please? His response was Huh? What that you say?

Now, I know that kids like things just so, but it’s getting a bit ridiculous.  It seems I can’t even fold the laundry without Wyatt instructing me how to do a better job. See mom? Like this.

Apparently bossy is not a word he has figured out yet.  I believe we have a Berenstein Bears book that deals with this…..

**New August photos in the album – more to come tomorrow***

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