SD really is a brat.
It's only day three into SD5's extended visit, and I remember why I disengaged over a year ago. She's one of those kids who just isn't fun to be around. You can't play with her, she throws a fit whenever she doesn't get her way. I can hear her now in the next room crying over a game of Trouble. ¨DON'T DO THAT BECAUSE I SAID, OK?" I sat next to DH on the couch earlier, and she laid down on the hardwood floor pouting before going into her room and slamming the door. When DH told her what we were making for dinner, ¨well I'm not eating THAT.¨ DH and I can't have a conversation because if she loses his undivided attention for twenty seconds it's ¨DADDY! DADDY I LOVE YOU! DADD-YYYY!"
I really tried going into this thinking that I would keep a positive attitude and make the most of the holidays, but with SD it's impossible. There's nothing pleasant about a kid who just can't stand not to get her way ALL. THE. TIME. Ugh.
/endrant
She is five and she doesn't
She is five and she doesn't get to see her dad every day...SMH! My DD is 5 and lives with me 24/7 and she will get jealous if I don't spend time with her after I am gone for 10-12 hours at work.
AND that's why I do my own
AND that's why I do my own thing while she's here. I eat, run errands, and cook for myself because she calls the shots. Once when I was leaving to go to a department store, DH mentioned wanting to look for a new winter coat. SD? ¨Well, we're definitely NOT doing that.¨ And they didn't. I went alone.
He does tell her not to
He does tell her not to interrupt us, but how do you stop a five year-old from talking? When she says she doesn't want what we are cooking for dinner, he tells her too bad. I wouldn't say DH caters to her, but the discipline she gets at our house four days a month does little to counteract the princess treatment she gets at BM's. I don't what to do.
Your DH needs to lay some
Your DH needs to lay some boundaries and correct this behavior. It WILL get worse if he sticks his head in the sand. You think it's bad now? Give it another 5 years ...
I curse the day! And I have
I curse the day! And I have brought this up with DH multiple times, that spoiling his little girl is going to make for some very difficult teenage years. He has gotten better about disciplining her, but the two weeks in between with BM just undoes everything. SD is really her mother's daughter, and her behavior shows.
BAHAhahaha! Like talking to
BAHAhahaha! Like talking to an adult, huh? I'm also thirty, and I can't have adult conversations with 21 year-olds. The single digits must be REALLY enlightening.
My SD is ¨better-behaved¨ with just DH too, because he coddles her. If she is not getting her way though, she's freaking the f**k out. And I mean screaming, crying, hitting, and slamming doors if DH tries to get her to write the alphabet.