Trust issues: making up for lost time

They get frustrated when I don't perform, the parents that is. Performance maybe isn't the best word. They're good folks, they're not making me roll over or play dead or beg for food like I'm a puppy or something. I just mean, sometimes they expect me to act my age. They want me to share with others, say thank you and please, and, they get really frustrated when I can't or don't want to WAIT for things.

Ok, I admit it, I'm demanding. When we wake up in the morning I'm willing to humor them for a few minutes (seconds) with giggles and snuggles, but there are limits. It's after 8 am, it's time to get the day started and to me that means "la la" (cartoons with music on tv), my sippy cup of hot tea, followed quickly by breakfast. Invariably, they respond with "wait", "wait a minute", "wait a second". I've overheard them talking about not wanting to give me everything I want when I want it because they don't want to "spoil me" or encourage me being so demanding.

Here's the thing: Parents (good ones, that is) have to respond immediately to the needs of little babies, right? Because little babies can't articulate what they need and that's how little babies learn how to trust their parents. Smarty pants parents call this a "positive feedback loop". We'll, I'm not a little baby, I know that, but I also know (and they should know it, too) that I missed that stage of life. In the orphanage there was no one to respond when I wanted or needed something. I never had a chance to learn that my needs would be met, so cut me some slack when I seem demanding or act like I don't trust them.

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