I must be the biggest meanest ogre alive.

[Josiegirl]

I ask 2 yo dcg to put away her dinosaurs, it's time to get ready for quiet time, she wails and carries on.
I ask another dcg(almost 4 yo) to go potty and get her pull-ups on for quiet time, she wails and cries.
I ask dcgs to please be quiet because it's now time to rest their bodies. They have stuffed animals they lay down with. I tell 2 yo dcg she needs to be quiet or I'll take her stuffed animals away. She's not so I do and she....yep, wails and carries on.
They were playing with stepping stones this a.m., I warned them the lil tots(16 months)will want some too and that's okay, there are plenty so they can play with them too. Next thing I know 2 of the dcgs are trying to wrangle a stepping stone out of a lil tot's hands, making her cry. So I took them away from the 2 and said they lost the privilege of playing with them but gave 1 to the lil tot. My goodness, you'd have thought I cut off the 3 1/2 yo's leg or something.
Is it just Monday or is this typical behavior of 2's and 3's?? My 3 1/2(4 in January)throws the biggest fit if I upset her mindset in any way.

Arrgh....
Maybe the day is going like this because I woke up at 4:45 and said oooh I don't have to get up, it's still the weekend. Then I realized...

[Annalee]

I ask 2 yo dcg to put away her dinosaurs, it's time to get ready for quiet time, she wails and carries on.
I ask another dcg(almost 4 yo) to go potty and get her pull-ups on for quiet time, she wails and cries.
I ask dcgs to please be quiet because it's now time to rest their bodies. They have stuffed animals they lay down with. I tell 2 yo dcg she needs to be quiet or I'll take her stuffed animals away. She's not so I do and she....yep, wails and carries on.
They were playing with stepping stones this a.m., I warned them the lil tots(16 months)will want some too and that's okay, there are plenty so they can play with them too. Next thing I know 2 of the dcgs are trying to wrangle a stepping stone out of a lil tot's hands, making her cry. So I took them away from the 2 and said they lost the privilege of playing with them but gave 1 to the lil tot. My goodness, you'd have thought I cut off the 3 1/2 yo's leg or something.
Is it just Monday or is this typical behavior of 2's and 3's?? My 3 1/2(4 in January)throws the biggest fit if I upset her mindset in any way.

Arrgh....
Maybe the day is going like this because I woke up at 4:45 and said oooh I don't have to get up, it's still the weekend. Then I realized...

I can handle when the kids do this, it is the parents that get to me.....had a parent leave this morning crying.....said she thinks I don't like her.... all because I expect her to 'FOLLOW THE RULES'....::

[Cat Herder]

I can handle when the kids do this, it is the parents that get to me.....had a parent leave this morning crying.....said she thinks I don't like her.... all because I expect her to 'FOLLOW THE RULES'....::

/\ This must be in the air. I had one leave that way this morning as well. :confused: Like my being willing to ignore my own policies makes us friends... I don't need friends like that. Meh.

The kids have been riding that mood swing hard, but we have not seen the sun in a few weeks, now. Bring on the warm baked goods and play tunnels, they work wonders.

[Thriftylady]

I think sometime there is something in the water or something. Of course it is the time of year for weather changes and I swear that creates chaos sometimes.

[KSDC]

Monday are always tough, it seems. The kids spend the weekend without schedules, often with out naps, and usually without consequences. It always takes about 1/2 a day for me to help them remember how things work at my house. By they time they wake up from nap, all will be golden.

[midaycare]

Mondays are rough here because parents don't nap their kids. But it does make for a wonderful Monday nap time!