My 6 year old is the same, it’s infuriating. It’s exhausting trying to get him to do the most basic shit, and the time we’ve spent arguing about it he could have done said task about ten times. And there’s never any sense of urgency. We can be in a rush and told him explicitly that we need to hurry up as we’re late and that he needs to put his shoes on (after already being told 4 times) and he’ll be spinning around in the middle of the room. I know it’s normal kid stuff and I probably did it too but it’s maddening!

Tea time is always a point of frustration. No matter what we make he seems to hate it and won’t eat it. He’s decided that he’s vegetarian too, which we support but it has blown all of the recipes that we normally make out the water and meal planning is an even bigger pain than it was.

What really grinds my gears though is when he’s constantly moaning that he’s hungry before dinner, he’ll then eat two mouthfuls of food, say he’s full, then 20 minutes later: “dad I’m hungry, is there anything I can eat?”. YES YOU LITTLE BASTARD, YOUR GOD DAMN DINNER THAT’S STILL ON THE TABLE! Obviously I don’t say that to him but I say it to myself in my mind!