Pea Diary: The Art of the Tantrum

I'm really not sure why my tantrums don't work on Mommy. I'm pretty sure I am doing everything right, but she doesn't really seem to care! Maybe I should think through and see if there's anything I can be doing better. First, when she says I can't have something, I start screaming. If that doesn't work, I throw myself at her feet. You have to do that real careful, because you could hurt yourself if you don't do it just right. If I want to go on my back, I very carefully sit down, and then very carefully roll onto my back and gently set my head on the ground. Then I can scream and kick my feet and shake my arms around! The only problem is that sometimes it takes me awhile to lay down so carefully and I forget why I was mad so then I just lay there for a few minutes until I find something else to do. Sometimes my Mommy starts clapping when I lay down so carefully and I get really excited that I am doing something right! Although.... wait. When she does that I forget why I was mad! Is she trying to trick me?? No, I don't think so. Mommies don't do that. Princess says they do, but I don't believe her because my Mommy is the best and she loves me and would never trick me. The other way to fall down is what I've heard Mommy call "the drama queen". I'm not sure what that means but Princess is always pretending to be a queen and Mommy thinks it's cute so I think those are good words. With this one I very slowly fall to my knees (again, it's important not to hurt yourself here) and then gently lower my forehead to the ground. Then I let out a really, really pituful cry and that one always makes Mommy say, "Awww!" and come rushing to get me. Mommy thinks it's really cute when I do this! Which, I guess, is a problem because then I'm proud of myself for being cute and I forget why I was mad. Hmmmm.... I really don't think I am doing this right!