Stirring up the peacefulness

When mum is preparing Irene for bed: changing her diaper, putting her in pyjama, cleaning her nose, breastfeeding and putting her to bed, she tries to create a calming atmosphere. Mum breastfeeds in her room, sitting on the breastfeeding chair, the lights are low, and she puts some music on in my room so that I am more calm while playing by my self (when dad is not at home, otherwise me and dad have fun together) and it is as if there is an aura of peace in our house.......but only as long as I collaborate. Which I do most of the time. But sometimes I like to stir up in this aura, and then mum has to fight her own patience and try not to get provoked, for she doesn't want to transmit the "anger" that starts boiling in her, to Irene just before going to bed. If ever you find yourself in the same situation, here are some ideas of what you can do:

• Climb up on a rather unstable table in your room (your mum will understand from the sound, what you are doing) and recite some passages from "The three goats" with all appropriate changes of voice and shouting (when it comes to the part of the troll).
• Try to climb into your mum's arms and say me too....!
  
• Pretend that you are terribly terribly thirsty and cry for water. If your mum is prepared for such a request, and has put your glass of water e.g. in the living room, pretend not to see it and cry even louder.
• Place yourself where your mum can see you, then say poo... and pretend to have some bowel movements! Then walk as if what's in your diaper is bothering you!
  
• Pick up the telephone and dial a random number...then walk around the house saying pronto pronto, Nonno? Make sure never to get within arm's reach of your mum so that she cannot sequester your telephone!
  
• Push the button on the telephone that "calls the receiver". This will guarantee you a terribly annoying beepbeep sound for some minutes.
• Bring things to your mum! She will already have her hands full...of the baby, but if you smile and say please, she will not protest when you give her one piece of your construction kit after another! When she can no longer take more of them, just throw them over the breast-feeding pillow so that they will land on the baby! Remember that it is fundamental that you smile throughout this process, for it is impossible to get angry with a boy with a puppy-face!
• Move furniture! You could try with the telephone table for example. And remember that it is not your fault if the phone-wires are not long enough to arrive to the new destination and that eventually the telephone and the router will fall of the table making a loud noise! This is a good moment to start crying as if the table has betrayed you!
• Place yourself in front of the baby's bed, point at it and say nanna. Your mum will explain that soon the baby will go to bed and you will be able to play with mum. Then insist, raise your voice a couple of decibils and say NANNA. This is a great way to test your mum's patience. How many times is she going to repeat the same answer without allowing the angry tone to enter into play?
• Press the radio-button on the HiFi (especially if it is badly tuned as mine) and increase the volume. Guaranteed success!
  
• Open the CD player and take out the CD. Use it to make a funny sound when you scrape it along the walls in your room.
• Open the DVD-drawer in the living room, remove the DVDs one by one and then climb into the drawer and pretend you are on a boat!
• If you are so lucky that your mum forgot to close the kitchen- or bathroom-door or she has left a pen or the remote control for the TV in a place that you can reach, millions of amusing opportunities will reveal themselves to you.....!