When Abbey turned three last month, I was warned by many about the 'threenager' theory. They said that three-year-olds develop some serious attitude and can be a little... challenging.
I didn't believe them. Only because I'd been warned about so many things before that didn't eventuate (like the terrible twos - honestly, two was wonderful).
They may have been correct this time.
Here are some conversations at our place over the last few days:
Her: "Mummy, it's time to go. I've asked you THREE TIMES NOW."
Me: "Stop arguing thanks."
Her: "I am NOT ARGUING!"
Her: "Would you like me to make your bed?" (Note, this is not a regular occurrence - from her or from me!)
Me: "Yes please!"
Her: "I've ALREADY MADE IT." (Complete with eye rolling and exasperated tone.)
Me: *sings a line to a song on the radio*
Her: "No! This is MY favourite song!"
So far, all I've done is dashed into other rooms to laugh at her. The first few days of a three-year-old's attitude are rather hilarious. It also helps that these are very small bursts mixed in with her usual happy, funny, polite self.
Time will tell how funny it is over the coming
Does your child give you attitude?
14 comments:
Hehehehe I love how all it took for her to go over the edge was a single LINE from her favourite song! I get that here too.
I get attitude. But a look from me and a mention of how disappointed I am that she is speaking to someone (always me! but I say "someone") that way reduces her to embarrassed tears. I think half the time she's just testing her 'tude out and how far she can push it. I hear a lot of her kindy friends in her resonses to me and I know how their mums react to them - it's going to be all-out war in their households in the teenage years! - and I am going to have to aim for the 'stay calm, don't retaliate but teach' approach as often as I can. OMG this is turning into a blog post LOL.
It's a long time since I had to deal with a threenager - love the term! - but the trick to deal with it is not to take too much notice! Otherwise, you life will become more than challenging! Also, give her plenty of other activities to work out!! Best of luck!
Got one of those here too - just the male variety!
Two months in and it seems to have calmed down a tad.
Maybe the 'turning three' thing plays with their sweet little heads.
:-)
I'd never heard of the "threenager" stage, and had no trouble with the two year old stage either. No terrible twos at all.
I wonder if the three year attitude is because so many kids nowadays do preschool so learn that there are different ways of doing things and they learn to speak up more.
I didn't get this attitude change until mine started school, even then it was a fairly mild change. Probably my kids are all laid-back and easy-going, just like me.
Oh the attitude! The Fussy Eater is six now and it is really starting to come out. At first, like you I would laugh and thought some of it was funny. But we are quickly heading into dangerous waters.
We are very curtious to each other at Fussy Farm. So I am confident in saying that a lot of the talking back and being sassy is learned at school. I've taken the Teddy Roosevelt approach and I walk softly but carry a big stick. The second TFE gives me a "Mum you are so boring/stupid/whatever" I remind her that we are respectful to each other and won't hesitate to put her in the naughty corner if I have to. I just think it can get out of control too easily.
Talking back or giving someone attitude is not nice.
Keep writing! These will be GEMS for her 21st!
wait till she's 5. with each year you hear of 'the behaviours' they hit with that age. And just when you think you're over it, it's simply replaced with something, bigger, better, bolder. When will it bloody end I ask? lol.
Lexie at aged three made me laugh and made me cry and made me scream and nearly drove me mad. I fell more and more in love with her every day. And more and more utterly exasperated with her every day.
Enjoy your threenager!
xx
Then I have a threenager too! I get the exact same attitude from Mr 3 Year Old. "I told you THREE TIMES MUM!" "MUM! CAN YOU HEAR ME? ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?!!?" Then someone else will be talking to me and THEY get "DONT YOU TALK TO MYYYYYY MUM! Not YOUR mum, MYYYYY mum!" I don't know whether to laugh or cringe half the time. Far out.
Oh how funny! I hadn't heard the term threenager, but that is perfect!
I found exactly the same thing with both of my kids. Terrible Twos? What Terrible Twos?? But oh yeah, they were both threenagers!!
Omg I'm so glad I'm not alone. It's exhausting but hysterical and so hard to explain to someone who has never experienced it. I look at one year olds and find myself wishing for those days! I find myself dizzy from all of the activity at our house. Does Abbey go to daycare or a preschool? This time of year Gwen is also sick every other week causing the exhaustion and sassiness to go to another level. I'm ready to put a for sale sign on her cute but deceiving little forehead!
I think this stage ends when teenage years start.. Girls and attitude~ Miss M had the eye rolling down pat by 2... Im terrified of the teenage years!
[...] Remember the other day when I said the ‘threenager’ attitude was really funny? [...]
My son is a few months away from turning 3, and has just started dishing out the attitude. If I say, "It's time for breakfast," he might say, "Not yet, Mommy!" with the sass of a 13-year-old. I bet he'd roll his eyes but he hasn't figured out how yet.
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