1 he's not too bright, is he? at least when it comes to Dad.....

2 Oh, man. Has he taken his laundry to the laundry area yet?

3 Yea, he finally took it down the other night.

4 My 3 year old just came over 10 minutes ago, told me I was a bad mommy and hit me in the rear. He said he was spanking me. It took everything not to throttle him. Time out... just doesn't seem good enough.

5 Man, do I empathize! It does get better though, keep reminding yourself of that!

My son did that to me when he was 3 & 4 and threw a fit and refused to change. When he was 3 I took him to daycare in his pajamas along with a change of clothes, as per the Director's admonition to us single parents during a parenting class. After the pajama incident he let me dress him without a fight for the rest of the year.

Whe he was 4 I was running a bit late to an important early meeting so I asked him to put on the clothes I laid out on the bed for him. Instead he came out in shorts and refused to change. I have a stressful job AND HATE dealing with crossness early in the morning so I said fine and threw a pair of long pants in his back pack. At 48F I knew he'd change his mind half way to school. He walked the half mile to his school very quickly. He was so stubborn about it that he didn't complain until we got to the block his school was on. He ran the entire way to the school door, but since they didn't let unaccompanied children inside, he had to wait till *I* got to the front door.

Since that day he has never, ever argued with me about what to wear. I am soooo glad I took those classes because truthfully I would have been lost without them! Of course now I have a blog, so I can read what other parents do or simply email them questions and I get very effective and tortorous solutions to the problems; solutions I thoroughly enjoy putting into effect!

6 Yep, the Boy gets a spanking after two warnings are not enough. Usually that is what it takes to straighten him out. I've tried the time-outs for times like that but his stubborness gets in the way. So, while I am not found of spanking often, he does get spanked and then sent to his room. He hates that!