I have always heard of children coming up with creative ways to stall. Typically I believe this occurs at bedtime. In Riley's case, dinner time was the cause. Tonight's dinner: spinach salad, cheese and bread. We knew the spinach salad was a long shot, but cheese and bread are typically mealtime favorites. Tonight (proof again that he is truly my son) all he wanted to eat was the bread and lots of it. When he asked for even more bread, I decided to draw the line and tell him that he couldn't have any more until he ate some cheese. He pitched a mini fit and then had a drink of milk (stall tactic #1). Seeming to think that we might forget about the cheese if a little time passed, he said "hug" and put an arm out in my direction and an arm out in Casey's direction. Unable to refuse giving our sweet guy a hug, a group hug ensued. Three more requests for hugs followed. Sensing our moment of weakness, he again requested bread. Being the enforcers of rules that we are, we again refused. Another request for a hug. 10 minutes later, the hugging ceased (we finally had to refuse our sweet guy since at this point we knew we were been manipulated) and we carried on with dinner. Two pieces of cheese later, Riley got his bread.
I'd say maybe we can call that a tie?
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