Whine & Cheese

I don't know what happened to my happy little six year old son but he's been replaced by a whining, grouchy, moody pre-teen girl!

Honestly, I don't know what to do with Jack lately. It addition to making life "worser" for him, I do all sorts of things that piss him off. Some examples:

• I almost "drown-ded" him in the pool on the weekend when he took in too much water when splashing around.
• I wrecked the CD cover he designed at daycare when I put it in his backpack.
• I want to make him sad by not letting him go to the toy store every day.
• I make him walk too much when I ask him to let the dog in.
• I was lying to him when I told him that it was going to rain today.
• I want to make him sad when I tidy up his toys at night and they're not in the same spot as where he left him.
• I tried to strangle him when I helped him pull off his PJ top.
• I deliberately squirted him in the eye with the sunscreen and therefore blinded him.
• I make him eat corn on the cob even though he stopped liking corn that morning.
• I make him almost crash his bike when I watch him too closely.

All I can say that it's exhausting. I've run the gamut of parenting techniques from ignoring it, redirecting him, correcting him, putting him in his room, asking him what's really bothering him, etc. What I really want to do is tell him to take a freakin chill pill and snap out of it.

I'm hoping that this sudden turn towards the dark side is a phase and that it has something to do with starting Grade One in a few weeks. If not, I guess I'm going to bear with him. At least I have Sam..