I don't get it...

My son is 4 and it's like he goes out of his way to piss us off.

For example:
We were having a great evening. He ate 2 helpings of dinner, got changes for bed all my himself. Then it's time to feed our dog and he throws her food in the water bowl! He's been feeding her every night since he was 18 months. He knows which bowl is her food bowl and which is her water. Why does he do this?

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Because he doesn't have the full brain developed yet and can't still control every movement... The every goes perfectly and that's already amazing for his age. He is allowed to make mistakes, especially at this age 🤗

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Possibly attention. That's how little people learn. Every big reaction registers as an "aha" moment. Even when you are mad, the more emotion you show the bigger the dopamine "do it again, that worked" hit is. It's weird and doesn't really make sense, but that's what the research shows.

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Does anyone else feel like they are married just not to not make their child come from a broken home ?
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They are just the most toxic and entitled. They are chipping away so hard at my marriage to the point where I am
Holding for our baby.
I want to leave behind anything to do with this family and extended family of his and him. But we have a baby together.
Wtf do I do ?? I can’t take this anymore.
I have decided to cut all ties with every single family member of his and he’s fine with that but it’s just being here 100 miles from my own family and friends.
Just completely isolated

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Is it normal for your husband/partner/other half to not know baby's routine because they aren't the primary carer?

Like when I go out he always asks me what time dinner should and/or bedtime should be. I get he is working most of the time but he does do dinner and bedtime routine three days a week and has done since our baby was born so I feel like he should know by now.

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SAHM of 7 cannot compete with husbands co worker

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I bought a set of cloth pullups on Amazon, but they were way to thin.  Plus he genuinely did not care that he was wet.  Admittedly I got very discouraged and gave up quickly on cloth.

My mother in law (wonderful person) watches my boys every Thursday.  Since she has hardwood floors she uses disposable.  

We switched to disposables, and have been using them for months.  He is good at going pee when we bring him to the potty, but he has no idea or urgency to go to the potty.

I also have a baby, and so I am struggling with balancing holding and playing with the baby and potty time and time with my toddler.  We don't go to the potty a lot (several times a day, but not every hour), as I don't want it to be a fight (he normally goes there willingly for my mom, mother in law, and me.  My husband can rush him at times, and then there's a fight).

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I keep reading that cloth pull ups are better, but I dont know.  He genuinely did not care that he was wet and dirty twice now. 

Are all the adds my social media is feeding me true, and I need to switch to cloth pullups?

Helpful tips on getting your partner on board for scrubbing poop out of cloth pull ups (or even carfully removing them from the toddler)?

We are using a reward system. He has a potty chart with 100s of sticker. He gets a small prize every ten times he goes. He likes earning stickers and prizes, but again he doesn't have the urgency to want to go potty.

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