Now that my daughter Shayla (2 1/2) is allowed to walk around the house with her own mini juice-in-a-box with those little straws she has decided to take it to the next level.
What was once a novelty is now just too boring to withstand a toddler's desire for scientific experimentation. It is simply just too interesting the way it squirts out of the box when squeezed, or dribbles out of the little straw hole when you turn it upside down. Isn't it the perfect wood conditioner for the living room coffee table? It makes such an excellent splash when you pour it on the tile floor and then stomp in it and so much more fun than water because it has color!!
The threat to return to the constant use of 'sippy cups' is my only real leverage along with my obvious dissatisfaction at having to clean up after Shayla has a dance with gravity-----and gravity is on a winning streak.
I feel like a digital recording loop: "Honey, you have to hold those (juice boxes) right side up. These are 'big' girl drinks, so you have to hold them right side up like a big girl". She says, "Huh"? Or she just looks at me like, "my personal scientific research stops at nothing. Say what you want dude, if it makes you feel better."
Already, at this young age, she knows she rules the roost. She's 2-3/4yrs. old and a maverick of familial politics. Where do we go from here? It's one of those situations where it feels like 'you're already there', yet I know we're just beginning.