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Ah, yes, the selective hearing and talking back. My now three year old had some hystarical things to say when she was 2 and getting in trouble. Once, when being counted - "That's 2!" - she relplied with "That's not your job Mommy!" I especially liked the tantrums where she'd throw her croched blanket over her head thinking we couldn't see her but she could still see us through the holes in the blanket and scoot along the floor still crying trying to get our attention. She'd move closer and closer and get louder and louder as we continued to ignore her. Now at 3, she still does not like going to time out and we get a lot of the "No!" and "I don't want to!" but we also get her putting herself in time out when she knows she's done something wrong. I babysit several kids during the day, including two babies. She knows she is not supposed to hit, push, etc. the babies. The other day, while I was putting one of the babies down for a nap, she pushed over the other baby who was sitting on the floor downstairs. As soon as I heard the cry, I went running down the stairs and she went running to time out. When I asked her why the baby was crying she said, "I don't know. I didn't push him." Yeah, right. They know. They just like to see how far they can push us!
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