AITA for trying to get Mommy’s attention by any means necessary?
Last night I (3 F, toddler not baby but also big girl) wanted to watch a movie. Mommy (at least 5 F) had the nerve to claim that we don’t watch movies on Mondays and when she refused to magically make it Sunday, I gently screamed, cried, and threatened bad behavior for an hour. To my dismay, Mommy was incredibly unhelpful. I even helpfully suggested that I would snatch the remotes and turn on the movie myself and when Mommy pointed out that I didn’t know how to do that she refused to help me!
Ultimately, I was feeling extremely ignored and felt drastic measures were necessary. I grabbed my stuffed sloth and tried to whack my baby brother (2 months…or maybe years? I get those confused M). This technique has worked in the past (I once tried to gently launch him from the baby bouncer and was rewarded with lots of attention). Unfortunately, my efforts were thwarted by Mommy who interfered with my attempt and confiscated the sloth. Then, she and Daddy (thiiiiiisssss tall M) lavished attention on the baby instead of me. When I realized they were worried he was hurt I started to worry that maybe I had accidentally given him a boo boo. I started crying and apologizing and hugging him. Now I’m worried I did something wrong. My baby brother is my favorite person and I love him soooo much and I didn’t mean to hurt him. I just wanted some attention to the urgent movie-watching matter. AITA?