I'm sure you've all played the game where you say "did so" and some one else says "did not" and you do this repeatedly until one of you changes your answer causing the other one to change their answer accidentally. Ethan has his own version of this. If we tell him he can't have something that he wants, he bucks up and then doesn't want anything.
Today the boys had doctor's appointments at lunch time so Steve got lunch on the go and came to pick me up so we could take them together to the ear checks (follow-up from last ear infections and both had perfect ears). Ethan wanted tacos and due to Alex's reflux and mine, too, Steve just got Ethan's lunch at Taco Bell and got us McDonald's nuggets because though Alex hasn't been eating because he didn't feel well (which I thought was teething and turns out is a virus), he likes the nuggets so Steve was hopeful that would get Alex to eat - no luck - but he did eat dinner tonight so is on the mend I suppose. Apparently though, Taco Bell's kid's meal toy was something that Ethan wouldn't understand how to play with. I don't actually know what it was but took Steve's word for it. Ethan was being really good but wanted "his toy" since Alex got a good one from McDonald's but didn't want to share. I told Ethan if he was good, when I picked them up from daycare this evening, we could go to Walmart to get a toy for him. At first he said, no, this wouldn't be ok cause he needed a toy to play with. However, he soon found his monster truck in the backseat and decided my plan would be ok afterall.
So tonight I picked the boys up from daycare and as I buckled Alex into the car, Ethan was telling me he wanted to go into the backyard to get his "keys." I'm pretty sure they didn't play outside today so I'm not sure what he was talking about. Since it was almost dark out and the ground was basically mud anyway, I told him no and made him stay until I could get him in the car. As I buckled him in, he resorted to crying and begging. This is he new phase - which I am absolutely not ok with but am trying to be patient with.
As I pulled away from the house, he said "I don't wove you anymore."
At this, I laughed and said, "you do love me anymore."
E: "No, I don't wove you anymore."
We played this game for a bit and then I said, "do you still want a toy?"
E: "No, I don't want a toy. I don't want to go to Walmart."
Me: "Ok. That's fine. We'll just go home then."
He took about 15 seconds to respond and then said, "But I do want a toy. I do still want a toy, Mama."
Ah-ha kid. Gotcha. Mama has played this game before and while I probably lost a lot, I learned a thing or 2 along the way. He'll eventually learn but this catches him quite often. If he's mad because you didn't give him what he wanted, he'll answer "no" to every question you ask after that. He suckers himself out of ice cream, trips to the mall to play, going to feed the ducks, all kinds of things by doing this. But I was in a good mood tonight and just messing with him.
Me: "You do? Are you sure?"
E: "Yes, Mama. I do want a toy. I do want to go to Walmart to get a toy."
Me: "Well then what do you need to do?"
E: "I'm sorry, Mama."
Me: "And? What else?"
E: "I wove you, Mama."
Me: "So what do you need to do when we get to Walmart?"
E: "I need to go get me a toy."
I chuckled and said, "before you can do that, you need to give Mama kisses and a hug because you said you didn't love me anymore and I need you to give me kisses to make up for it."
E: "Ok Mama. I wove you, Mama & I want a toy."
And the keys were totally forgotten - whatever they were.
By the way, through the entire conversation above, Alex was saranading us with "uh uh uh uh uh." You see when he's in the car he wants 2 things: 1) the music to be on, 2) to be able to go to sleep - even if it's for only the 10 minute drive from daycare to the house. Within 1/2 mile of daycare, he's typically asleep. As soon as Ethan finally caved, I put the music on for Alex who immediately started dancing in his car seat - smile blazing. The smile faded though when I kept reaching back to tickle his leg telling him he couldn't go to sleep cause we were almost at Walmart. He got a flashy thing for a toy at Walmart though so he didn't hold it against me.
And Ethan, well, he got a Zhu Zhu pet after giving me my kisses - bunches of them.
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