My 3yo DD is so strong headed we literally can't do anything. If I ask her to eat she will scream on the floor. Yesterday she refused to eat the whole day & I let her skip the meals she refused (thinking eventually she WILL eat. And she didn't, just to prove a point. She was sick & tired by the end of the day). She wants to make a "compromise" for everything. Literally everything. I think the only thing without argument I could get her to do would be to eat candy or watch TV (she gets VERY little of either - but I think those are the only thing she wants to do).
It gets so so bad & she will make up thinks like "It's December, so it's my birthday". She knows very well it is August but then will throw a fit when I say "no we can't have your birthday party now... ect."
If I try to get her to do something, anything, she will say, "lets compromise... I will _____ (fill in eat 3 bites, put on my shoes, go get dressed, brush my teeth, pick up that paper I dropped, get in my chair, brush my hair, walk to the door, ect) if you let me watch a DVD (or something else she wants). I am going CRAZY.
She wants to win every argument no matter what it is. I tried to get her out of the bath yesterday and she insisted on staying in to the point where she was freezing in an empty bath then half jokingly my husband said "if you don't get out I'll turn on the cold water..." she said "TURN IT ON! I am NOT getting out" After trying for a few more minutes to get her out he turned it on and she sat in the COLD water & still didn't get out. She was SO pleased with herself. After a while she strolled out & got her towel (with a smirk on her face). Anything we ask/tell her to do it is like this. I have no clue what to do. I feel like surely there is something we could do to help but I ask everyone & no one has a clue or they suggest things we've been trying. She reads on a 1st+ grade level but if I ask her to read to me or her sister she throws a fit & refuses. She will read to her self, on her own schedule. She will really do anything if it's on her schedule... but life is not like that & we do HAVE to do some things/go places and it is MISERABLE trying to get her to do anything. Please please help!!!!
