Good girl bad girl

I get compliments on how sweet my daughter is.  She hugs everyone.  She proclaims that she loves the entire world.  She's extremely outgoing and befriends people where ever she goes.  People say, "That girl is special! What a sweetheart!" or "That girl will be a leader someday!" or "She's made for the stage! What a personality!"  Yes, I get it.  She's amazing and I love her.  She makes me laugh every day.  Her bright outlook on life gives me more reason to have a positive attitude.  She's a sweetheart.  But then...

...she turns into the most aggravating creature on the face of the earth.  Where do I even begin?  How about today at lunch?  I told her to eat her food instead of play with it (yes a typical parent thing to say...but damnit it's got to be said).  Her reply? She rolled her eyes at me and said, "I WOULD if you would stop annoying me."  Oh man.  Off to her room she went.  No lunch.  No snack.  No movie from the library.  Yes, as much as my days are filled with a little ball of sunshine, my days are filled with blood boiling aggravation.  When I tell her to do something, it's "I don't know if I can do DAT," and when I tell her it's because I said so (yeah yeah I can't help saying it!) she replies with, "I don't know what said so MEANS!" And when I send her to her room, she falls on the bed in hysterics saying, "You're da meanest muthuh in da en-tie-uh wold!"  Yeah whatever kid.  And you're the most frustrating creature in the entire world.  So there.  So as much as I've tried to be consistent with my discipline, I feel like I've been sliding a little bit...partly because I'm pregnant and so damn tired all the time.  Because of this, she's starting to push her boundaries a bit more.  So back to no nonsense consistency!  And then some.  There's gonna be a no tolerance rule for her behavior.  No more warnings and threats.  Just immediate punishment when she's rude, disobedient and just plain snotty.


Yeah so in your face Kiera!