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My little cousins tried this on me. These kids know exactly what they are doing. After my aunt, their grandma, told me the girls 2 and 3 had already been told no I answered each of their requests with a question. "What did so and so say?" The girls could have lied, but by naming specific people they knew I could easily double check.

Have you told your husband no snacks before dinner? I know it sounds like a no brainer, but my husband will literally make himself a snack with dinner in 15 minutes, so he doesn't get that our son shouldn't be having a snack at that time either.

Ha, it's a blessing and a curse when kids get old enough to be sneaky! I'd take it from her and tell DH I had already said no. He'd immediately tell her that we're a team and there's no shopping for answers. It only took a couple of times and mine got the message.

We used to run into this allllllll the time. We finally had to start asking each other when it had to do with food. Or we ask LO "what did Mom/Dad say?".

if one of us realizes this happens we go by the first answer. so if dh already said no but I say yes, I will stop when I realize it and say "oh, sorry LO. I didn't know daddy said no already."

@Bao: She definitely knows! Xander does this too and he's not even 3 yet.

We do what @Mrs. Lion: suggested. The second person usually will apologize and point out that the first person said no and they have to stick with that.