I heard a song recently, and it came to mind yesterday as I was dealing with a temper tantrum. I changed it a little bit for my own purposes.
To the chorus of “Rude” by Magic!:
Why you gotta be so rude?
Don’t you know I’m human too?
Why you gotta be so rude?
You know it’s everyday …
Yellin’ at me
(I love you anyway)
Shoutin’ at me
(Yeah, no matter what you say)
You know you’re mine
And we are a family
But why you gotta be so … rude?
Elias gets really, really irritated when I use it on him and yells at me to stop singing.
It’s usually a nice change from whatever else he was on about, so it works just fine.