Jane has been sitting in the pac n play in her "room" (i.e. the walk-in closet) at Grandma Ludlow's for the last hour and a half fighting her nap. Mostly she's been whine-crying, but she's also been howling, jabbering about butterflies, claiming she's hungry and listing favorite foods, saying she's sorry, singing, calling out every name she knows (although what help 2 year old "Doo-ah"would be, I have no idea), and trying out differenet vocalizations of "no!" Daddy wouldn't have made it through such antics to its eventual realization--a nap (I think she just started snoring...) but that old soft momma wouldn't have either.
And so today, I proudly proclaim my hard-won hardened mommyhood.
i.e. I have the confidence in my own judgment and intuition to not give in when I know what is best, at least today...
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Welcome to the club :) Still, I hope she doesn't put you through that again anytime soon.
Brava. I just read the "On Becoming Babywise" book which says that it is a false notion that letting a child cry for more than 2 seconds IS OKAY! What a new concept for me. They learn to put themselves to sleep instead of relying on a car ride or the sound of the dryer. I miss you, Marcee.
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