Sometimes (most of the time actually), it is extremely difficult to put our little one to sleep. She would lie down and pretend to sleep when told but after a few minutes, she will get up again and trick us to allow her to stay up a little longer. She would say she still needs to pee, or request to sleep in between Mommy and Daddy, or ask for peanut butter sandwich, etc. We give in most of the time since most of her "requests" are legitimate and/or good for her. However, she used the "I'm hungry. I want peanut butter." trick 3 nights in a row making it really obvious that she's just making it up to stay up a little longer. After a tiring day, that pissed me off and pretended I was asleep already. She kicked and hit me and cried trying to wake me up to make her a sandwich. She knew I was angry already and just cried herself to sleep. But I guess she's the type that wouldn't want to go to sleep knowing her parents are angry. She woke up again after a few minutes and said sorry while trying to wake me up from my pretend sleep. She kept going and going until I finally said, "It's okay. Go to sleep now. I love you."
There was also a time that it was our little one's dad who was angry after putting her to sleep. She was upset and cried herself to sleep after her fight with her dad. In the middle of the night, she hopped over me (we still co sleep our 34 months old daughter) so that she could sleep on her dad's arms. I think it was her way of apologizing to her dad.
It's so cute and sweet that even though our toddler is in the stage where she exerts all her energy to assert her power (that sometimes look very disrespectful), she knows how to humble herself and apologize for her mistakes. She would always, always, make "lambing" and say sorry after her bout of aggression. She would swallow her pride and resolve her conflicts first. She would never go to sleep knowing she is or we are upset. I guess she loves us that much. Awwwww. We are doing great in this parenting job er?!
I hope and pray she remains this strong and smart but with a sweet, tender heart who knows what matters most.
*While writing this, I came across this article. Gameplan for Terrific Twos. This is a good read to ace this parenting thing.
There was also a time that it was our little one's dad who was angry after putting her to sleep. She was upset and cried herself to sleep after her fight with her dad. In the middle of the night, she hopped over me (we still co sleep our 34 months old daughter) so that she could sleep on her dad's arms. I think it was her way of apologizing to her dad.
It's so cute and sweet that even though our toddler is in the stage where she exerts all her energy to assert her power (that sometimes look very disrespectful), she knows how to humble herself and apologize for her mistakes. She would always, always, make "lambing" and say sorry after her bout of aggression. She would swallow her pride and resolve her conflicts first. She would never go to sleep knowing she is or we are upset. I guess she loves us that much. Awwwww. We are doing great in this parenting job er?!
I hope and pray she remains this strong and smart but with a sweet, tender heart who knows what matters most.
*While writing this, I came across this article. Gameplan for Terrific Twos. This is a good read to ace this parenting thing.
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