Liar, liar

Nathan has gotten very bad lately about lying. We will watch him do something and when we ask him if he did it, he lies. When he gets in trouble at daycare and we question him about it at home, it is never his fault. If I tell him that I am going to call MaryLou at home and ask here, all of a sudden he remembers that maybe he did something wrong.

Last night I had enough of his lying. He was sucking his finger and I told him that if he didn't take his finger out of his mouth, I was going to put hot sauce on it. He kept his finger in his mouth, so I dragged him into the kitchen. He begs me not to put hot sauce on his fingers, and I ask him if he is going to put his fingers in his mouth. He says no. As I turn to put the hot sauce back in the fridge, he sticks his finger back in his mouth. I had enough, so I got the hot sauce back out, held him down and put a drop of hot sauce on his lips. He kept his fingers out of his mouth and didn't lie again.

I told him that if he keeps lying, he is getting either soap in his mouth, hot sauce on his lips or a drink of vinegar every time if he keeps lying to me.