I�m starting to think my almost 17 month old is lying... and am not sure what to do about it? Did anybody else deal with this?
Basically, she�ll tell me she wants something when it�s clear that she wants something else that I don�t want to do at the time/give to her. For example, she LOVES playing in the bedroom (to the point of many mornings refusing to leave it even though I�m starving and want to eat breakfast). I�ll take her out of the bedroom to make breastfast and then she starts saying that she wants to nurse and go to sleep but the second we get there she starts jumping on the bed and gets books out to read etc. She knows the sign for bed/bedroom and can clearly say that instead of saying she wants to nurse and go to sleep but she uses the later because she knows I�m more likely to let her nurse if I think she�s tired.
She does something similar with saying that she wants to go potty when she really just wants to play in the bathroom (and she knows how to say that she wants to go play in the bathroom but knows that I don�t let go in there just to play).
I really don�t think she�s overextending the meaning of words, which I know is common at this age because I�ve seen her do that and that�s not how this is coming across. How do I explain to her that she shouldn�t tell me she wants to nurse, go potty etc. if that is really not the case??
