spoken for

So I was sitting on the far left side of the couch working on some important stuff and Elijah decided he wanted some more chocolate milk. Next thing I know he runs back into the room carrying the half-full jug of milk. He gave it to me along with his cup then ran off again. So I filled his cup with milk and he returns with the chocolate powder. We buy it in a 4lb can* so it stays on the counter the whole time where he can reach it.

He stopped at the far right side of the couch and the whole time I’m telling him, “no, give it to me, no! Give it to Momma! Elijah! Elijah! Elijah!?” Well, he just completely ignored me, opened the can, and tried to scoop his own chocolate into his cup that I was still holding along with the jug of milk and the laptop. (You were wondering why I wasn’t so quick to just take the chocolate away? Now you know.)

Well, of course, he spilled a huge pile of chocolate powder on the couch. And, of course, I got a bit angry.

It wasn’t that he was trying to be independent and get his own chocolate milk, it was that he completely ignored me when I instructed him to give it to me. This happens a lot, unfortunately. He acts like he can’t hear you telling him to leave something alone or to put it down or not to touch it, whatever. I know he can hear us. He doesn’t even tell us, “no” or his newest word, “nope.” He just plain ignores us. And that’s what really bugs me about him not listening.

How about you? What did your parents do when you ignored them? Or if you’re a parent, what do you do when your kid ignores you?

And now he’s throwing a fit about having to sit on the potty, trying everything in his power to get me to let him get up. But that, my friends, is for another post.