Yesterday, difficult child sits down to dinner and starts arguing with me about why we can't get another kitten (we have three cats already). He storms upstairs to his room yelling about how mean I am, blah, blah. blah. He settles down and comes back downstairs to eat (husband and I are finished at this point). He asks to watch a movie while he eats. It's too close to bedtime to watch a movie but you can watch a half hour show OR you can eat quickly and watch a movie in you bed. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he screams. "It's my way or no way!" I remind him about the need to negotiate and how the all or nothing thing always results in him getting nothing. I calmly repeat the choices. He starts kicking and flailing about. We escort him to his room and the fit continues. Eventually he calms down. "Mom! I'm hungry!" he bellows. By this point it is 9:30 his usual bedtime is 8:00. I offer to bring him a cup of milk and chicken and applesause I saved from his dinnerplate. He wants something else (which literally translates to nothing you offer me). He finally agrees to the food. I bring the food and and two nutterbutter cookies (I figure that he'll be pleased, dumb me). "Two cookies," he yelled, "that's not enough!" He eats everything and is still screaming. He yells (not cries) himself to sleep ranting the whole time about how mean I am to him.
I know that his medications make him hungry but usually when it is a true hunger thing, he will eat anything in his path. This seemed like more of a power struggle.
I felt like I'd been beat up (emotionally I had). Today is a new day. Thanks for letting me vent.
Christy
I know that his medications make him hungry but usually when it is a true hunger thing, he will eat anything in his path. This seemed like more of a power struggle.
I felt like I'd been beat up (emotionally I had). Today is a new day. Thanks for letting me vent.
Christy