Are you being bossy?

"Are you being bossy Bailee?"

This seems to be a frequently asked question around here lately! Bailee is a first born daughter and is a VERY strong willed little girl! Lets just say that she takes after her mom!

All day long I am wondering if she is being bossy, or just following in her mother's footsteps. It's hard to judge sometimes when the girls are playing and she is instructing Mia what to do and how to do it. Mia usually goes along with it, but it borders on being bossy and naughty. I often times just let it go, but there are times when I feel like Mia is being walked all over!

This is what I heard this morning from Bailee...

"Mia sit down!"

"Mia, don't do that!"

"Mia, come out here Mama said no!"

"Put that on!"

"Don't take that!"

"Bring this over there!"

"No, No, No!'

"Mia lets go, now lets go back!"

"Mia pick it up, you dropped it!"

"Here you go, now go over there."

"You can't do that, do it like this!"

I heard all of that within about a 10 minute span and there were MANY more physical instructions Mia had to follow too! Bailee often takes her hand and leads her around the house, pushes her over and makes her sit in certain places. 

Because Mia is okay with this type of play I usually let them play until there is a fight over something. But every once in a while I step in and ask Bailee, "Are you being bossy again? You can't tell her what to do and Mia can play how ever she wants to. You can't always be in control."

Even in this picture I realized that she was pushing Mia down the slide! Ugh!

Sometimes I think Bailee is sincerely trying to help Mia, but it often turns out bad! She has to realize that Mia doesn't want help to do things Bailee's way, Mia wants to do it her own way! 

She says, "Yes Mama" and returns to their normal state of play. I hope Mia doesn't grow up to think that she always has to listen to Bailee as her authority! It should be interesting to see how this changes as they grow up together! :0)