Claire had a second flu shot appointment on Monday at 4:00. Not the most convenient thing in the world but I know how important it is for her to have the flu shot so I sucked it up. I left work at 3:30 and somehow picked up the girls and got to the clinic with like 2 minutes to spare. I still had to sit for a good 5-10 minutes and wait. Wait for them to tell me that she couldn't have it. They miss-scheduled the appointment and she couldn't have it until Thursday since that would be 1 month. Seriously? 3 days early and they won't just do it? Is it really going to make that much of a difference? Ok so we get to reschedule. We get up to the front and Lily decides not to listen to me when I asked her to do something. So I simply told her that we would not be getting any of our Halloween treats when we get home if she continues to act that way. To which she responded by throwing herself on the floor screaming. AWESOME. I finally get her to get up and again reinforced the, we will not be getting any treats tonight. And what does the appointment scheduler do? Offers her a sucker if she will stop crying and listen to mommy. Thanks bitch. OF COURSE she stopped crying, OF COURSE she says she will be a good girl and listen to mommy now. You gave her what she was crying for. Little do you know lady that the second we got out of your office I made her put that sucker right in my purse and told her she could have it when she could learn to act like the good girl I know she is. I wish I had been able to keep my temper so I could have politely told you where you could stick that sucker while making a point to my 3 year old and to you that it's not ok to undermine a parent when they are trying to teach a valuable lesson to a kid whose freaking out over candy.
So what did Lily learn? If mommy says no treats all I have to do is freak out and scream and annoy the receptionist enough and she'll give me candy. I win, I act the way I want and get what I want.
Nice message to send my kid lady. Nice message.
On a related note, I'm kinda getting tired of the fact that everywhere I take Lily people try to give her stickers or suckers or whatever. I mean I really do get it and if she's being a good girl then I'm totally fine with her having a little treat. But it's gotten to the point where now when we go to the store, she asks where her sticker or her treat is if she isn't handed one at the checkout. So what do I do? I've told her that it's not something we can expect and have every time...but she's three and I don't think the message is getting across. Do I politely decline their offer of a treat for her, even if she IS being good? I'm just not sure. Also, I'm curious. Am I the only one who is having a hard time with this?
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