Attitude with a capital "A"!!
I have always thought that the best way to teach is by example. Am I wrong? Apparently with Tyrus Benjamin I am. I want him to be a sweet boy with good manners. I want him to say "thank you" and "you're welcome" without being asked to say "thank you" or "your welcome". I just don't get why he doesn't get it! Every time I ask Ty to do something for me I say "please". Whenever he asks me to do something I will say "please?" so that he will say it. I am not kidding when I say that I have said "please" in order to get him to say it millions of times! I really do not understand why he won't say it without me asking him to. What am I doing wrong? The really REALLY bad part of all this is that now he is starting to demand things from me and I am NOT having it! The other night he opened the door to the pantry and this came out of his mouth, "Get me those Mama" and when I didn't do it immediately he said it like a little snot and gave me a dirty look at the same time AND pointed to it. Seriously? Is my 2 1/2 year old doing this right now? Is it a boy thing? My nieces say "thank you", "please", AND "you're welcome" and it is such a pleasure to hear them say it on their own. Now, don't think that I always get him what he asks for. Sometimes we will have a standoff until he says please or asks for something nicely. If anyone has ANY advice I am open to anything.
Another little attitude thing he is doing is talking like a little teenager. When we call his name and he is busy doing something he will say "what?", but not like you think. He looks at you and makes this face that I can't really describe and says "wah". Then, after we've said what we have to say he will say, "oooookay" (again like a snotty teenager).
Ty is still a very sweet, loving, happy little boy, but I would really like for him to be polite and have manners. Will he grow out of it?