Kailyn and me

Kailyn and I have some major personality differences. I don't even know where to start, but I do think this mornings conversations would help. Here goes

Me "Kailyn, you need to go in your room and pick up all your stuffed animals and put them in your toy box"
Kailyn "I, uh, uh, but I'm hungry"
Me "Amazing, you're always hungry, thirsty or want to hug me whenever there is something you don't want to do. You can eat after you pick up your toys"

I'll pause so you can call scan now........

She then begins to cry. I say "suck it up, go pick up"

She immediately stops crying and says, "why are you so mean to me!?!"

I almost said, because it's fun, but I didn't think that would go over very well.
She almost got all of the toys picked up and we had gone back and forth for a long while, so I went ahead and let her eat. See I am nice. Next was picking up her dirty clothes and putting them in her basket, which is in her room by the way.

"Kailyn, now go pick up all of your dirty clothes and put them in your basket"
Kailyn "B.."
me "now."
"whatevs mom"

This is now almost 2 hours past when we started this rodeo and I have since asked her to put her extra blankets and put them in her new little tote I got her. she says...
"but why can't I just stop now and do the rest tomorrow, I'm tired, and it's lunch time and you never let me eat, and I'm starving (tears start to fall) to death mom, starving to death. Are you trying to kill me? I'm just so exhausted"

Now, before she started crying, I was thinking, I guess she has done a some, maybe we can go stuff her build a bear, and she can do some more tonight and tomorrow, but once I saw those tears, my backbone grew back.

"Kailyn, you're being ridiculous. You can just suck it up, and go clean."

She then came back a few minutes later saying she was hurt so I told her, "if there is no blood dripping from your body, like actually pooling on the floor, then you don't get to come out of your room."

Kailyn's retort... "oh Mom"

I then hear her walking down the hall saying "suck it up Baney, go clean, no, you're being ridiculous" In a very mocking tone.

I started laughing. I can't wait until she's a teenager, it could be truly interesting. I sure love that kid though, she is wonderful. Absolutely wonderful.