This truly happened....
"Meredith if you keep it up we will not read books tonight......I mean it, we will just say prayers and sing the goodnight song.....no books.....stop throwing a fit or WE WILL NOT READ BOOKS!"
Well lately I realized I am a big ball of threats that are not carried out......the fit continued.
"That's it, no books tonight. Let's go march up the steps....no books"
"BUT I WANT BOOKS.....WAH!!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Nope, sorry, I told you, you were going to lose books....that's it."
She stops crying, we brush her teeth, she climbs in her bed, I climb in too, she is actually smiling, we sing the good night song, I say her prayers with her, I give her a big kiss and go to leave the room. The wailing starts.
Josh explains..."Meredith, Mommy is not reading you a book, here are your books, you can read them if you want, but you lost that privilege tonight. Do you know why?"
"WAHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!! BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO READ.....DAT'S NOT FAIR!"
All of this because I filled a pink sippy cup for her to bring to bed and she wanted the princess one. When I refused to switch and dirty an additional cup she lost it, she never recovered, despite the fact of losing her "mommy reading books to me" privilege. Life is never dull.
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Hi there! Glad to find another survivor from the 2 under 2 club (mine are 16 and 29 months).
My oldest just started in on the wanting a specific cup, plate, whatever. Usually I can predict or he asks in time. Otherwise, it's tough luck at this camp, too.
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