Over the past week or so we have been attempting to show our daughter who is boss. So far not working out all that well. She has decided that she should go to sleep when she wants to and that she should not take naps. Her bedroom has gone from being a cute little girls bedroom with her dresser decorated and a bookshelf full of fun and a basket with stuffed animals overflowing it. It now is empty with a bed in it and no toys a t all. One afternoon she pulled out a poopy diaper to play with. I took out the diaper pail also, obviously. She gets out of bed at night over and over 45 times and we keep putting her back in bed over and over and over again. She now gets her "lovey" taken away when she gets up after a warning, but that really isn't working either. So she doesn't take a nap and then stays up until 10:30 before finally falling asleep. Of course with all of the hours of sleep she is getting she is a ball of joy all day long, since she is so well rested. Mitch and I try to take turns of who is sitting at the top of the stairs to catch her and put her back into bed. She still needs naps because by day 3 of not having any she finally crashes and sleeps for 3 hours because she is so tired. I am sure she would fall asleep fine if she would just lay still long enough to let herself drift off.
We remind our self's how much we love 2 year olds. Then 5 seconds after making you want to scream she say something cute, " I love you so much Mommy!" Probably just to ensure that we don't harm her in anyway. Just kidding. I love her to pieces but man do you need lots of patience for 2 year olds. According to other mom's I hear that 3 is even worse. OH, can't wait for that although it's hard to imagine that sometimes. I have no idea where she got the bull headed genes from!!!? Her father or I aren't bull headed at all!!
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