More Door Fiascos
My 4 year old son C has been constantly testing his limits at home. He is a model child at daycare. Constantly listening to the teacher. Extremely helpful and proactive with cleaning. He even goes the extra mile to earn stickers or small stuff. The teachers love him. That’s not the kid at home I see sometimes.
This past weekend, C and his 6 year old sister E were starting to fight. When she asked for some alone time, he ended up sneaking into her room, pressing the lock button, and then trying to close the door. I caught him about to close the door and asked him what he was doing. I also asked him if he was messing with her lock because they are not allowed to do that.
C just looked at me and finished closing the door. I chased him down and pinned him down so he would talk to me. I asked him why he closed the door he wouldn’t answer. I ended up saying that he was creating more work for me and that was not an OK thing to do. He scrolled away and that was that. I ended up getting something to unlock the door.
Later on that night, I saw him about to get ready for bed. He was going to grab his pajamas, and I reminded him to rub the Aquaphor off his hands. It’s really oily, and I wanted to make sure he got the extra aquifer on the back of his knees or where his elbow is. He said he already did that and his hands were pretty clean. I told him to go grab his pajamas, but he insisted on going to his sister’s room. He opened the door with his hands and walked in. My wife ended up telling him to get his pajamas in his room and he left.
A few minutes later, I ended up going into the room to grab my 1 year old son L so my other two kids could go to sleep. I opened the door and sure enough on the door handle, there was a huge glob of Aquaphor. C just says what he needs to say and moves on with what he was originally going to do. This kid. I can’t say I wasn’t like that when I was younger and because he is still so focused on doing what he wants, I’ll need to keep a close eye on him! I also need to remind and teach a bit more along the way - a few minutes at a time.
