Lol...Juanita - I think this was just my bad luck... definitely not the norm
Oh my soul!!! I thought it was just me... Our daughter is EXACTLY the same!!!
Very excited, but then next moment she turns all nasty and manipulative!
She went with me when I went to go buy some baby stuff over the weekend. Not a good idea... Never mind the fact that she got a bag full of clothes, a new bed etc - she still had the mindset that if I buy something for baby, then she also needs to get something similar.
When I explained to her but she just got this and that etc, she still feels that it's unfair...?!
When I got home I started packing some of the baby toiletries into one of those wicker baskets and put it on baby's side table fro the time being... Next moment my daughter took the stuff out and placed her own stuff in there. I explained to her that she has her own BIG cupboard for these types of things and that this is now for baby... So she threw a massive tantrum. By that time I was exhausted and very irritated so I said to her enough is enough: she's got her stuff, which is a hell of a lot! She needs to now understand that baby will have her own stuff, and that it is hers alone...
She was very upset with me and obviously daddy was then the favourite parent, but I just realised - I had to put down the boundaries for her... Otherwise it will become a major headache later on.