First of all you are not alone

I found with clothes and dressing, instead of telling MJ to put clothes on, I would let her choose between two pairs, 'ok MJ, time for socks, are you going to wear the red or the blue' or 'right mummy and MJ need to get their socks on, I wonder who can win'... I try and do tasks at the same time too, like brush teeth, dress etc etc
If we asked her to do it, she had the option of saying no, if we change the way we asked, she didn't have that option, but still had some control (colour of socks)

Also, EVERYTHING is a game to her, so we 'race' to put straps on in the car, put shoes on, get to the bath first etc etc if I make a game out of tge task, she is much less likely to be naughty or ignore me.

The other this is that when she is craving attention she is mire likely to be terrible, taking 5 minutes out to play the game or do something with him may save you time in the long run.

I find the more tired and short I am, the worse she is... So this has been a very hard week for me too




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