Manipulation

Colby is my 5th child, and things should not come as a big surprise much anymore. But, they still do! I cannot believe how young they are when they start to manipulate situations! Today he was being a TOTAL brat! I had a showing for a couple that I knew was VERY interested in the house, and I was frantically trying to get ready. I put him in timeout. He started screaming, "Dad said no!" over and over again. Chet wasn't even home. He was so tired he was head bobbing while he was screaming. I was half laughing, but the other half was so frustrated already with him that I was just mad at him. He tells me that he needs to go potty. I told him no he didn't, he was just trying to get out of timeout. He looks at me and gets this disgusted look on his face, pouts his lip, and says, "I am potty-training!" and was BAWLING by the end of the sentence. He has been trained for about a month now! I told him to stop crying, and get back in timeout. He went back to his spot and continued yelling "Dad said No", whatever that means. I never let him go and he made it another 2 hours before he really did go. Little twirp!!!