Because I said so

Well, we were told this day would come and it has... Adalie has entered the "why?" stage. She asks why to everything we say now. "What are you doing?" "Making dinner" "Why?" Because it is almost time to eat." "Why?" "Because everyone is hungry." "Why?" "Because you eat when you are hungry." "Why?" "So we can grow big and strong" "Why?" "Just BECAUSE!!" "But why?!?" It can try your patience for sure. This is just one of many, many examples over the past few days. My favorites so far are when she gets in trouble and I ask her not to do things. Like, jumping on the couch or asking her to stay out of the kitchen, or helping with chores...except usually when I am cleaning she says "Why? Whose coming over?" (haha I guess that shows how my house cleaning goes usually and when it is important). I have started to use one of the you know you're a parent when phrases a lot. The "because I said so" one.

Also, I think we have found Adalie's coping mechanism when she gets in trouble or even when we make her go to bed. We always send her to her room when she doesn't obey. You always hear the crying....fake crying though with literal WAAAHH's and fake sobbing noises. Then there is the "why?why?why" in a very pitiful baby voice, followed by "no. no no". And then finally....she sings. Nothing in particular though just "LA LA LA" and sometimes "ei ei oh!" She doesn't try to sing them pretty though, she sings while still sobbing. I've got to remember to pull out the video camera and set it up in her room to catch it all on tape. She's a fun one.