No - Yes - No

Ah, the fun 2s. The age where defiance is learned. A taste for the teenage years. Yes, the lovely age of 2. I do know why they call them the terrible 2s. Josh's new phase is "No - Yes - No". You can input any other two words in there too "butter - cream cheese - butter" "syrup - ketchup - syrup". I think you get the message. I give Josh choices. If I ask him if he wants X, the answer is going to be "no". So, I try not to ask him yes or no questions. As he is getting older, I want him to also be able to start to think for himself and learn independence. Therefore, if he is going to have a bagel, I ask him, "Do you want butter on your bagel or cream cheese?" Unfortunately, at first, he had me running around like a chicken with my head cut off. He would tell me he wants cream cheese, so I bring out the cream cheese. Once the cream cheese is out, he would tell me he wants butter. So, I would put the cream cheese away and give him the butter. Once the butter was out, he would tell me once again that he wanted cream cheese. Ugh. So, now I show him both choices and have him pick. It doesn't necessarily mean he doesn't change his mind anymore, but at least I am not really running around ragged.