Things have been getting slowly, slowly better with the nap time wars. Today was the day that I finally felt like I'm going to win. Buggy woke up and didn't cry - just started playing quietly. Belly woke up and fussed. I shushed her over the monitor (we have a walky-talky function) and she did. She DID! She whined off and on for 20 minutes after that. Then - THEN! - they started giggling and playing together. I was right outside their door when the music stopped. They started whining, calling for me again at that point and but so what? It was time for me to be there. They had every right to bitch. So... HOORAY!! And on top of all that? I actually pulled a little trick today. It felt like their cd was going too quickly and they were still asleep, so when it was halfway over, I snuck back in their room and restarted it. So really they were in there for a nap and a half today. It was GLORIOUS!
I will reign supreme. And apparently I will use a lot of capitalized words to let you know about it.
One other fancy tidbit... Belly pooped in the potty the other day. She pees once or twice a day, but never has there been a dump from either one of them (Buggy rarely even pees). I showered that child with praise and fanfare the likes of which she'd never seen. And then I pulled out the Extra Special Treat that had been promised if that day were to ever arrive: M&Ms. I gave a couple to Belly and one to the Bug (so she could see what the big deal was all about). Belly promptly spit them out and asked for a cracker. Uh... what?? What kid doesn't like M&Ms??? Apparently, Belly. But she was perfectly happy with the cracker and Buggy was perfectly happy to scarf up Belly's unwanted treats. To each her own, I suppose.
And in non-kid news - I have a date tomorrow night. Dude informed me that the children need to be hitting the pillow by 7pm and Bri is babysitting. No other details were supplied. Fun, eh? I love a good surprise.
1 comments:
Yes! You're wearing them down! I knew you would. You ALWAYS get what you want in the end. :) Too bad you can't control the CD from downstairs somehow...you could do that every day, whether they were asleep or not. Or I guess you could use a longer CD. Yeah, that would probably be easiest. Anyway. Congrats on a better day, and have fun on your date!
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