Justin's brattiness

I have said for a long time that Justin gets special treatment at home because he is the youngest despite me not wanting to treat him any differently.  He has it figured out that he is cute and he thinks that gives him a free pass to get away with anything.

He always wants me to "uppie me" when we are going upstairs to bed at night.  Or in the morning when I am trying to rush them out the door for daycare so I can get to work.  Or in the store and the list goes on and on.  I try not to give in, but when we are rushing against the clock in the morning, I almost always give in.  Bruce thinks that we should just carry him since he is the baby and enjoy the moment.  I agree with the fact that I like when he sits on my lap at night as I know he won't want anything to do with me in a few years.  However, when his brothers were this age they all had to walk and be more independent.  I was always busy carrying the infant seat (or an infant!), diaper bag or other items.

He has recently taken his brattiness to a new level.  He will drop his trash on the floor and resists picking it up.  Same with clothes, shoes or toys.  The other night he asked for a cup of apple juice.  I poured him some and put it on the bar.  He told me that he wanted it on the other side of the bar.  I told him to move the cup.  He crawls into the chair and says he is going to spill it since it is in the wrong spot.  I told him that if he spills it, he was going to 'stand in the corner until next week.'  I am watching him with an eagle eye, he looks at me with a defiant look, grabs the cup and proceeds to tip the cup over so apple juice spills everywhere.

I had to walk out of the room otherwise I may have grabbed him and did something I regret.  I told Bruce to go into the other room and deal with him.  I hope this is just a phase for him.