Little Miss Quite Contrary
Sometimes I really wonder at the workings of the toddler’s mind.
When my daughter was on the high side of two and a half, she was testing boundaries, and that made sense. But having someone who can barely see over the table running a daily science experiment on pushing my buttons was no more pleasant than it sounds even if I can rationalize it.
I have used it to my advantage at times. I’ve noticed that if I ask her if she wants to do something, and she says, “No”, that if I say, “OK”, she gets upset and wants to do it. Although, I’ve noticed that no amount of reverse psychology works on getting her to eat her vegetables—for that, I’m working on a strategy of familiarization and “peer pressure” of watching friends or people/characters she admires eating them—that I learned about from watching a Discovery Health program on the subject.
