It is amazing to me how often this argument has to happen, not only at four, but also, apparently, at five and six.
"I'm full [putting fork down in essentially untouched food that he requested or agreed enthusiastically to]" "Are you sure you're full? You did ask for this." Exasperatedly, "Yes, I'm full. I don't want anything else." "Nothing at all? You're too full for anything?" "YES!" "Well, the food will be here when you're hungry. Can you drink your milk, please?" (I don't like pouring it out, and we're past the sippy-cup stage; cups of milk left in the fridge are likely to spill.) "No, I'm full!" "Okay then. You may clear your plate and be excused." The milk stays out ... eventually, I'll drink it.
Dessert time comes. The kid's dad and I are sitting down to dessert. Kid comes back to table. "Hey! I would like some pudding please!" "But you were full!" "Not for pudding!" "I don't think the only thing you eat tonight should be brownie. I'd like you to have a bit more of your supper before you have dessert." "But I'm full!"
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Date: 2009-05-04 07:48 pm (UTC)"I'm full [putting fork down in essentially untouched food that he requested or agreed enthusiastically to]"
"Are you sure you're full? You did ask for this."
Exasperatedly, "Yes, I'm full. I don't want anything else."
"Nothing at all? You're too full for anything?"
"YES!"
"Well, the food will be here when you're hungry. Can you drink your milk, please?" (I don't like pouring it out, and we're past the sippy-cup stage; cups of milk left in the fridge are likely to spill.)
"No, I'm full!"
"Okay then. You may clear your plate and be excused." The milk stays out ... eventually, I'll drink it.
Dessert time comes. The kid's dad and I are sitting down to dessert. Kid comes back to table. "Hey! I would like some pudding please!"
"But you were full!"
"Not for pudding!"
"I don't think the only thing you eat tonight should be brownie. I'd like you to have a bit more of your supper before you have dessert."
"But I'm full!"
...
Repeat.