Now in this case, my sweet Jackie did do some whining of his own, but his displeasure was expressed as he walked out of the bedroom. Easy right? Not so fast. A few moments later Jack came back and shut the door to my room, immediately walking away again. I thought that was odd, but it took me a few minutes to gather the "oomph" to get out of bed. When I did finally emerge, I found Jack at the kitchen table with a plate and huge box of Goldfish, trying to pour himself a nice little snack of tasty crackers. So devious! He closed the door so I wouldn't hear him! And so smart! Max would never ever do this. He will moan and groan about any 'no', but he won't go against it (except in that really irritating not-quite-breaking-the-rule-but-getting-really-close sort of way). It would never occur to Max to take something out of the cupboard without asking first, and certainly not after being told no. Although we may have to start worrying about his little brother being a bad influence! A really cute bad influence at least.