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Curious Figlia, Whiny Figlia


Experienced a massive tantrum thrown by Figlia yesterday. Sufficient to state that Figlia and Gracy (yep) returned home crying from the park yesterday. 

One of the issues that I have been having again and again with her is that my very verbal daughter expects certain things from me telepathically. 

But what I really want to ask is how does one handle unpleasant questions, or conversations that are making you wince, but the kid refuses to drop the topic?


#TMI warning#


At five years old, Figlia has been continuously asking about how babies are made. So I answered her as straight as I could, and well, she knows that doctors take out babies. She wants to know how she would know that she has a baby inside her when she grows up? She wants to know how the baby is inserted into Mummy's tummy? And she has been asking variants of the same continuously. 

Plus, I am having a hard time telling her that there is a right time and right place for verbalizing things. Yesterday, she used some words in front of a neighbour that I anyways don't want her to use. But, I especially dont want her to ask/say a few things when outsiders are there. She missed the point again.


#Ultra TMI warning#


DH and I have a long standing disagreement. I hate it when he takes the newspaper to the throne. Once the paper has been inside, I don't like to read it. 

So today, he picked up the paper and was headed straight to the loo, and I said no. But my daughter essentially verbalized how daddy must be reading the newspaper, as in opening it, pooping, reading the newspaper, turning the water jet on, flushing, closing the paper, getting up from the seat, pulling up his shorts.... 

Did you get a visual? I did, and I asked her to please stop it. 

Result: An upset Figlia, crushed over the revocation of her freedom of expression. Blugh. 

Comments

  1. areyoukiddingme12 July 2017 at 02:27

    I recommend giving the kid a basic description of how babies are made and going into further and further detail until she loses interest. But then you have to have a discussion of what topics are appropriate for discussion when and with whom.

    However, you must make it clear that when you tell her to stop, she needs to stop. Or you need to master the art of distraction/topic changing. Usually, it works pretty well to ask a question that lets her tell you about herself.

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