*Only eating grapes that are plucked directly from the vine....and no, she cannot eat a whole grape. So to avoid fit city I cut them up and pretend I am plucking them from the vine so she will happily eat them.
*Wanting to use a fork and only a fork to eat. Don't mind if she doesn't get one bite in her mouth, it's a risk she is willing to take.
*ONLY wanting to eat food from the source (e.g, eat the cereal from the box or tuna from the can and she must hold her water and have it in a regular cup with a straw like the big people). The other day I baked a whole chicken and was cutting pieces for them and she was screaming because she wanted the whole chicken on her tray!!! Can you imagine!? It was her size!
*Wanting to push the stroller. People, the child really thinks she is capable of pushing the double stroller. We have had to literally hold her down in target because she was trying to push us away and take off with Nora like she was 16 years old!
*Forcing visitors out of our house if she deems it's time for them to go or is afraid I am going to leave her with them. Her most recent was picking up a visitors shoes, handing them to them and waving and saying "bye bye". Actually quite embarrassing! (And they are unfortunately both good at this one)
*Wanting to open the dishwasher herself, turn on the stove when it's time to cook and unload the dishwasher. For a while I let her pretend she was helping me light the stove and it thrilled her to death and then we realized she was capable of turning on the gas and have had to child proof the stove with lovely black knobs!
*Wanting to dictate when and how Nora can sit on my lap. Often if Zoe is playing happily alone and hears me call for Nora she sprints over and sprawls across my lap frantically looking behind her to make sure she has claimed her mommy territory. She also likes to sit in the middle of my lap when I read to them and pushes Nora until Nora is barely sitting on my leg. Heaven help me!
*Sprinting up to the tip top of any slide at any playground and NOT letting us get her down without an ugly scene. Again, she's 15 months old and although she can get to the top of the chic fil a playground in about 3 seconds flat, she is 15 months old and should not be up there being trampled by 7 year olds. She does not agree!
*Refusing high chairs in restaraunts. She wants to sit in a chair and eat with her fork even though her head doesn't clear the table. She is the loudest person I have ever known. For real. Anyone who knows her would agree, and trying to manage her yelling at us in public because she wants to sit in a chair that she keeps falling out of in between stabbing herself with the gigantic utensils and screaming is quite the experience!
Crawling, climbing, and jumping off any chair she can see. We had to move all the kitchen chairs away from our table because no matter how much I tired and how consistent I was with redirection, I could not get her to stop using the chairs to crawl on top of the kitchen table and jump up and down. So I have managed to control that little sitch, but have no idea what to do about her newest game of standing on the window sills and jumping off!
The list truly could go on and on and on but I'll stop here. I just adore that controlling little toot of mine and hope she doesn't take it too hard when she realizes she holds very little power in her current position in life. Sorry Zoester. Some lessons are hard and may be even harder for you sweet girl!
Oh and Nora, she doesn't ever seem to think up this stuff until she sees it and spends the day copying Zoe. And then Nora doesn't forget it either.
But I love the crazy twin dynamic, even if one seems to be a bit of a bad influence on the other. However, in Zoe's defense, Nora has started consistently biting the heck out of her when she annoys her. Super NOT ok and I'm currently working on a plan to end the biting. It happened today in the grocery store and a lady witnessed the whole thing and said, "bless her little heart her sister got her good!" I felt so bad and a bit embarrassed but what can ya do!? I guess no one, even babies, are perfect!
Any advice on dealing with a very strong willed child are more than welcome!! :)
And about Nora, she is a super quirky sweet, unique little soul that deserves a post all her own too! Coming soon...
Wearing mommies shirt, refusing to sit in her highchair, and eating her snack from the bag. This sums up Zoe up perfectly!
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Ha, you're right, Zoe and Clara could cause quite a lot of trouble together! Nora and Colby can keep the peace in the background :)
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