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Can I sleep for the next two days, please?
I worked 14 hours straight today. Usually I try to get out of my day job by 5 on Mondays so I can decompress for an hour before babysitting but today was our annual Open House Holiday Party for clients/families which meant that I was required to work until it was done, which got me out of work at 6:15. I usually babysit at 6, so I raced home and walked right over. Hello, exhausting. Our conversations tonight went like this:
Me: E, are you tired?
E: No, I'm not tired.
Me: I'm very tired.
E: Don't go to sleep!
She apparently has a new bedtime stalling tactic which is to decide that she wants something /right now/ and needs to throw a big fit about it. Tonight she spotted some hair elastics at bedtime and insisted that she needed ponytails in her hair. When I said no, she went all out dramatic on me, yelling, "I WANT THEM!" 6674617816 times progressively louder (I wasn't answering) until I pulled her close onto the chair with me and she sniffled and fell asleep. I may have a hard time ignoring the sad plea of "I want my mommy" but I'm certainly not going to mess with acknowledging a crazy bedtime-stalling tantrum. Good times.
It's so funny, because she's the most compliant child ever when we're getting ready for bed, down to every little thing - putting on pajamas when asked, getting into bed, laying down for the second story (she can sit up for the first one). We even have a little chat after the second story where I remind her that there is no more talking and she tells me that if she talks I will go sit in the chair and not talk to her. So it's not like she doesn't get the routine! ;) She's such a goof, and probably quite confused since it sounds like the moms, the care provider, and I all respond to her in different ways.
Oh well, time for bed so I can start all over again tomorrow. My goal is to finish all of the holiday preparations tomorrow night while Jen is at work.
Me: E, are you tired?
E: No, I'm not tired.
Me: I'm very tired.
E: Don't go to sleep!
She apparently has a new bedtime stalling tactic which is to decide that she wants something /right now/ and needs to throw a big fit about it. Tonight she spotted some hair elastics at bedtime and insisted that she needed ponytails in her hair. When I said no, she went all out dramatic on me, yelling, "I WANT THEM!" 6674617816 times progressively louder (I wasn't answering) until I pulled her close onto the chair with me and she sniffled and fell asleep. I may have a hard time ignoring the sad plea of "I want my mommy" but I'm certainly not going to mess with acknowledging a crazy bedtime-stalling tantrum. Good times.
It's so funny, because she's the most compliant child ever when we're getting ready for bed, down to every little thing - putting on pajamas when asked, getting into bed, laying down for the second story (she can sit up for the first one). We even have a little chat after the second story where I remind her that there is no more talking and she tells me that if she talks I will go sit in the chair and not talk to her. So it's not like she doesn't get the routine! ;) She's such a goof, and probably quite confused since it sounds like the moms, the care provider, and I all respond to her in different ways.
Oh well, time for bed so I can start all over again tomorrow. My goal is to finish all of the holiday preparations tomorrow night while Jen is at work.