I'm really starting to get what makes the Terrible Twos so terrible. If your child hasn't entered this stage yet, allow me to give you a glimpse into a morning with a two year old:
Oliver: I want banana.
Me: What do you say?
Oliver: Please.
Me: OK, you may have a banana. (Peels banana)
Oliver: No banana!
Me: OK, no banana.
Oliver: *cries* banana!
Me: You want a banana?
Oliver: No banana!
Me: Fine. No banana.
Oliver: *cries* I want bananas!
Me: What do you say?
Oliver: No!
Me: Say please.
Oliver: No! No bananas!
Me: OK. All done. No bananas. (I put the peeled banana on the table)
Oliver: Bananas! Banana!
Me: Oliver, would you like a banana?
Oliver: No!
Me: OK, well, I'm going to put this banana on the chair with your water. You can eat it if you want to.
Oliver: *cries* No bananas!
Me: (I walk away. I start to write this blog as Oliver contemplates eating the banana).
Oliver: (Oliver takes the banana and sits on a chair). I want banana.
Me: You can eat it if you want to.
Oliver: No banana! (He throws the banana)
Me: OK, that's it. You're getting a time out. (I put Oliver in time out for a minute). You got a time out for yelling and throwing your food. You cannot throw food. No throwing food.
Oliver: (takes a bite of the banana, looks at it, and throws it. It breaks in two). *cries* Mommy, fix it! Mommy, fix it!
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