Ian is starting a phase where he wants to make ALL of the choices that affect him. He wants to choose his clothes (or rather, he wants to choose what he gets to wear, and when he does choose, he picks Kellan's clothes), shoes, socks, coat...all of it. It's getting a little out of hand and his outfits are getting a little awesome.
He also likes to choose his eating utensils, plates, and especially his cups. He always wants to drink out of his frog sippy cup, but it's always dirty because it always gets used. Anyway, here's a conversation we had today:
Me: Hey, Ian, do you want some milk?
Ian: YEEEEESSSSS!
Me: Which cup do you want, the blue one or the yellow one?
Ian: No, I want my frog cup!
Me: Your frog cup is dirty.
Ian: Then wash it!
Me: I'm not going to wash it! How about this cup--it has mice and cheese on it!
Ian: Those are rats. Want my frog cup!
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Here is a tip. Give him choices with perameters. He still gets to make choices, but you set the boundaries. And you don't have to make it obvious that you are in charge (and limiting his choices.) For example, in the conversation about the sippy cup when you offered him the two cups and he said he wanted the froggy one, don't tell him why he can't have it, just say "That is not one of the choices. You can choose the yellow cup or the blue cup." or "That is not an option, you can have the blue cup or the yellow cup." He may insist on the frog one, but just keep calm and repeat that he has two choices, the blue or the yellow one. You may have to repeat it several times, but don't back down. It has always worked for me (when I taught preschool.) And so far with Eve a little bit. Good luck. And I hope I don't sound preachy or whatever. I just hope it helps.
He he he. Andrew had on a pair of warm up pants and TWO pairs of shorts over the top the other day. Sometimes I just think, "What's it to me if he wants to wear that? He looks awesome." Pretty sure he had a playdate that day too. I think he's going to be the weird kid in school. :) Ian's super smart, BTW, knowing the difference between a rat and a mouse. What a champ.
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DON'T try and trick him. He knows those are rats.
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