Little Dude is in rare form, my friends. Rare form.
It was the Wondertwins 6th birthday this week and for some reason, Little Dude (at age 3...turning 4 in six weeks) does not understand why BOTH his brother AND his sister get presents and he doesn't.
I brought the kids home from school yesterday to find Little Dude in the kitchen with a pile of presents (from my mom) and none of them were for him.
That was my mom's mistake. She should have known better, I suppose. She tried. She bought him this cute little M&M's candy container. That did not do it for Little Dude though. He cried and screamed (in HIS room) "I don yike dis pwesent, I don yike dis pwesent" for at least an hour.
He finally chilled and we all enjoyed a pasta casserole cooked by yours truly and a Graeter's ice cream cake. The cake ALMOST made up for 60 full minutes of Little Dude and his bad attitude. Almost.
That does seem like a hard situation for a kid to understand. I never thought about it before but he does have my sympathy right now.
ReplyDeleteIsn't it mortifying when your kid throws a tantrum based on a lack of gratitude right in front of the gift-giver? I've had that happen a number of times with my boys. Sigh.