Thanks for the posts. At least I know I'm not alone with a child like this. What frustrates me the most is that DD3.5 NEEDS the sleep badly but refuses to do it because she has turned nap time into a game. Well, today I tried one more to get her to stay in her room for a nap or even just a quiet rest, but again ended in tears from the both of us. And it wakes up DD1 sleeping next door, so that's no good. Now I'm hoping by making some slight bedtime arrangements, we can get her to sleep in a little bit more and just have "quiet time" instead of nap time. She is just SO STUBBORN!! Ugh!
I can relate to the posts about your kids screaming about not getting to help with the milk or wanting different music. DD3.5 gets easily bent out of shape when it comes to wanting to help make dinner or get her snack and I've already done it... or sometimes I just don't feel like having her "help" me clean the bathrooms because it involves her with a spray bottle full of water which she sprays compulsively until the entire surface of the floor is a puddle. We cleaned the windows the other day and my house had wet spots all over the place!!
I desperately hope DD1 does not turn out to be as hard-headed, although she is already showing many characteristics of her own stubbornness. I definitely was not blessed with the laid-back children I see out and about or that belong to our friends. Both of my DD's are like wind-up toys that never quit. That makes for one tired mom and dad.
