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Have you ever tried to go out of your way and do something nice for your little ones, only to hear "more, more, more"?

I had this type of experience with my 2-year-old last night. (You can read about it in my blog.)

My sweet little girl, who usually always says "thank you," wanted some dessert after her dessert!?

How do you teach your children to appreciate what they get and to not ask for more?

How do you teach your husband? Not to change the subject here but I am having a similiar situation with my husband wanted more "dessert" after I just gave him some "dessert" that day or sometimes an hour prior! Maybe we just need to make them all go without to teach them some appreciation?

Stacy- I read the full story on your blog and one question comes to mind. When your daughter is appreciative and says thank you for treats, is it always (or almost always) at home? I have noticed a trend with our 3 year old daughter that when we give a treat, no matter what type, she will try to push for more when there is an interruption in the normal routine. At home, she is 98% of the time the sweetest most well mannered and even tempered thing out there but at the mall, in a restaurant anything that varies the routine, she tries to push her boundaries. Even at home if there is an upset, it still happens. She had a friend over today for about 3 hours and when it was time to say good bye, Macy turned into a wreck. We even gave them a 30 minute countdown and 15 minutes of that was picking up toys so she knew what was coming but still she whined and raised her voice and was generally a brat for about 20 minutes afterward. Once she knew that wasn't going to change facts, she seemed to accept it and went back to her normal self. Just a thought as I know at age 2 is when this started with Macy, trying to push the limits to see where she could get.

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Originally posted by Mary Reichardt:
How do you teach your husband? Not to change the subject here but I am having a similiar situation with my husband wanted more "dessert" after I just gave him some "dessert" that day or sometimes an hour prior! Maybe we just need to make them all go without to teach them some appreciation?

I had to laugh, and if you get this answered, I want to know the secret!! As for our um..."desserts" here, hubby is on a strict diet - lol... poor guy!

Mary, I'd count your blessings if I were you. As we get older, we married men quickly lose our sweet tooth, and then we hardly ask for dessert at all. Ever.

Nate I was waiting for your perspective on this one!!

My hubby is turning 40 this month and his appetite for 'sweets' is just fine . You'll never hear me complaining about dessert!!

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Originally posted by michelle v:
When your daughter is appreciative and says thank you for treats, is it always (or almost always) at home?

That is a really good point. I was sitting here trying to think about a couple of the times she wanted more, and I think it mostly does happen when we are out of the house. Maybe she thinks she has a better shot of getting what she wants even though I do try to stay pretty consistent no matter where we are. I guess I just have to remember it is normal for toddlers to push their limits. But no matter how hard she pushes, we will never go get Coldstone after leaving gelato!