thread We've been doing that.
A sticker chart with smiley faces for when she stays in bed all night. It worked well with her potty training. In fact she cracked that within a week. SHe started calling from the top of the stairs a moment ago and I tried to talk to her about her stickers.
"Do you want a smiley sticker on your chart tomorrow?"
"No."
Oh
permalink "do you want one tomorrow?"
"no"
"ok, have you finished yet?"
"hang on"
permalink she knows how to get round you
learn to get round her, each time she learns the trick you have to be smarter...in the end they figure it out and do it anyway....sometimes
permalink I had a screaming fit tonight.
She was yelling like she was being killed for an hour and then got asked if she wanted a smack and to be quiet or she would get one.

She shouted NO! and got a smack.

Then she had a small pause and began screaming again for another hour before sleeping.

I should stress, this is the sound of a child being murdered, but if you are with her you see that it is not so much screaming as shouting the sound of a scream. She is a little distressed, but mostly it is just noise making.
permalink we're all not perfect :)
its all trial (sic) and error, I would have responded to the 'no' with

WHAT DO THE FUCK YOU WANT THEN!
permalink ah,
the old confuse them and run ploy
permalink I offered her just about everything.
Basically we had the standard protest shrieking because she did not want to be in bed.

The other two had grown out of this by the time they were 18 months, but this one is a shite-bag and no mistake.
permalink you should frame this post and give it to her on her 18th birthday.
permalink don't worry
all parent's pray for the day when they can give it back to their kids

Eldest doesn't have clue what my T-Shirt will be on his 18th in December, by then he'll have lived here 4.5 months

REVENGE BWhahahahhahahhahaa
permalink get a fucking ball gag
permalink It gets close some time.
permalink "ONE"
..
..

"TWO"

you only have to punch them square in the face on "TEN", once


permalink only have to follow the threat of a smacked arse once
if you follow it through. Useless if you back down from anything you say will happen, if it doesn't...empty threats they suss out quick

hit me - Iann Dury - live in Brrixton circa 1983