Whenever Amanda doesn't want to do anything, she hunches over, drops her arms down and says, "I'm tired". It could be first thing in the morning after she's gotten 12-14 hours of sleep and you ask her to get dressed before she's ready and her response is, "I'm tired". Yes, well I'm tired too but I still need to get dressed.
I'm not sure if she doesn't know how to express herself or if that is just the most polite way she can do it. She doesn't throw a fit or put up a huge fight, just says that she tired. If I try to walk her into school and she doesn't want to go, if she doesn't want to eat anymore dinner, if she doesn't want to go pick up the kids from school or eat her lunch or take her shoes to her room or pick up her toys -- it's always because she's tired.
Either this kid has some serious thyroid disorder or anemia issue or she truly believes that if she claims she's tired she'll get out of whatever we're asking her to do. So far it's not really working for her, but it is amusing.
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