Testing His Boundary

Eethan is really giving me headache.. He not only defies orders, he'll repeat his action on purpose just to see our reaction!

Recently he likes to eat direct from his bowl without spoon and refer to himself as "wou, wou" - Hansel..!! Difference is - Hansel eats with the bowl on a surface. My dear baby eats with his bowl brought up to his mouth. So you guess what happened to all the rice??! I gave him a sharp NO and hit his hand. For a moment, everything was quiet. Nobody moves, not even Eethan. Then this little baby actually look at his father and slowly put his feet on the dinner table.. and smiled!!!

I controlled my laughter, gave him a stern look and put his leg down, telling him NO again. But up went the leg again. Then this whole round of leg up, leg down happened until he threw his tantrum and I told him I was angry with him and ignored him.

I've taught Eethan before to kiss me if he is sorry coz he doesn't know how to say sorry yet. So he kept wanting come over to my seat and kiss me and wanted me to carry/hug him. I didn't want it to be too easy for him. I wanted him to remember the incident and that it is a wrong behavior. But... rescue came..