A Conversation With a Little Negotiator
Me: "Good night, Kaylen. Sleep well."
silence for a second
Kaylen: "Puppy. Me get."
Me: "No, I'll get it. I know right where it is." (this is a nightly stall tactic though the desired object changes every single night.)
I go and get the puppy and bring it to her.
Me: "Nigh-nigh time. Good night."
silence for a second
Kaylen: "TV. Blue Clue. Yeah, TV."
Me: "No TV. It is time for sleeping."
silence for a second
Kaylen: "Barney. Watch TV. Barney."
Me: "No Kaylen. No TV. It is sleeping time."
Kaylen: "Peassssssse Mommy? Peasssssse? Barney? Three min-mins (minutes). Peassssse? Yeah yeah!"
Me: "No. Sleep time."
Kaylen: "Two min-mins. 'K Mommy? Two min-mins yeah." (she starts to get up)
Me: "No. No minutes of TV. It's bedtime. You can fall asleep here, with me beside you or I can rock you. Which one do you want?"
Kaylen: "Here." (the bed) then a minute of silence......and then "Noooooo ROCK ROCK!"
So I rock her to sleep. My silly, silly bear.
5 comments:
Love the "min mins" LOL
Ah, bedtime. I think no kid ever wants to go to bed. Even when they're falling asleep and so obviously tired.
I love the "min mins" too. She is a clever girl. :)
Sounds so familiar. Here it is 'can I have some chocolate milk? then 'can I have some white milk? then 'can I have some water?' then can I have a granola bar. ARGH. It never ends. :-)
What a cutie pie. I can't wait til Froggy starts really talking.
Jen; That is so true but really, would we ever *really* want it to end. :)
FroggyMama: It seriously is the greatest thing to have a conversation with your baby. I am so amazed how ever day her verbal skills increase and, therefore, the conversations become much more complex. It's amazing and wonderful!
Post a Comment