View source for 2015.02.19 Terrible 2.5's

[[category:2015 Rant]] 
Violet has not exactly been a meek creature so far.  Both willful and demanding, even when measured on the curve of our family.

So it has been quite something to have her find a way to establish the surge from the already lofty baseline.  Essentially, each and every aspect that is not conducive to her utter bliss is cause for a descent into eardrum-rupturing screams.

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C²: "Would you like some Cheerios for breakfast, sweetie?"

V: "Want milk on my seeweEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAL, DAAAADDYYYYYYYYYYY!!!"

C²: "YES, yes, of course we'll put milk on your cereal."

V" "OKthankyouDaddy."

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V: "I Super Grover!"

C²: "Neat!  Is the coat your cape?"

V" "It's NOT A COAT IT'S MY CAAAAAAAPE!!!"

C²: "Sorry!  Yes, it's a very nice cape."

V: "NO! DON'T TOUCH IT!!!"

C²: "I didn't touch it.  What's wrong Vi-vi?"

V: "DON'T TOUCH MY CAPE!  ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ!!!"

C²: "Dammit, my ears are bleeding again."

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[In bathtub.]

V: <giggle giggle> <splash><splash>

C²: [rinses Violet's hair]

V: <spluttering Nazgûl impersonation>

S: [distantly, from furthest corner of house] "Everything OK in there?"

C²: [shouting] "You're SO funny."

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V: "I sit in your lap, Daddy?"

C²: "Sure Vi-vi, hop on up."

V: "I wuv <i>you</i>.  You wuv <i>me</i>.  We wuv eachuver."

C²: "Yes, that is certainly true-"

V: [sees Simon with a random object] "NOOOOOOO!!!  MIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINNNNE!!!"

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When Simon went through this phase, both the wife and I diligently considered what our actions might be teaching him.  So we were careful to avoid rewarding misbehaviour.  With Violet, we seem to regularly acquiesce to her high-pitched demands.  It's possible that the battle of wills has been decided, and all future parenting will merely be to struggle vainly against it.