The vacation was actually very nice. Thanks for asking.
She is quite good at understanding me and speaks very very well for her age. She is very strong willed and when things aren't as she likes them she will let you know.
Tonight I had a "serious" chat in the evening about how Mommy is going to sit back across the room on the spare bed as I had done before and how daddy does. She definitely understood and cried hard when I did so. Then she absolutely clung to me and said she needs me to hold her. She kept saying she wanted me to lie on the floor with her.
I said mommy will help you and then I will go outside the door and be right back if you can't follow these directions. Sure enough she ran full speed behind me as I tried to exit and went bezerk when I left. I talked to her through the door and came back and the same thing continued. Eventually DH bailed me out after an hour of me trying to sit in the room with her yelling at me to lay down and her saying she hates her bed. She also would sit on my lap and say I needed to hold her.
I agree the WI/wo gets them crazy, but I don't know what else to resort to as I literally cannot even start GW as she is so stirred up with me in the room and not doing what she wants. Perhaps I am not handling it correctly as I am not sure what to do when she lays on my lap or screams and cries to sit in a certain spot. Ignoring her seems to make her so crazy and also seems confusing as Mommy won't help. So far I have tried to remind her over and over Mommy is not going to do anything but sit and then only way to stop it and try again is to leave for a brief minute. I was hoping she would know I mean business if I exit (I still talk to her thru the door and don't leave her to cry hysterically). Are there certain tactics to handle such behavior when in the room doing GW?
