Ugh. I hate putting kid to bed like this

[tdk2]

We were happy, reading books, having fun.

Turned off the light, talked a little about the day, sang a little.  She snuggled into me, face by my neck and was squirming all cute and cuddly (kind of rare)  

Then she started giggling really hard and BIT ME!    WTF???  

So, I told her I loved her but we don't bite and dumped her in bed and left.  She sobbed a ton.  I hate leaving her like that but damn, that was crappy! 


She totally pinched dh the other day and he did the same. 


She's been a little sassy this week and just doing little shitty things. I think part of it is impending baby, part that i'm not as quick lately and just tired and less responsive, and part that she's getting 3 new teeth just breaking through the gums at the moment - 2 up, 1 down.     But still, it's trying my patience.

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You people with these books and singing and talking bed time routines amaze me. I have never ever had the patience!

[HiC]

I. don't. believe. you. No way!!!

[tdk2]

Really?

I alwyas feel like I kind of suck at bedtime. I'm always amazed when ppl tell me these formal ass things where they go around and say goodnight to everything and have special bedtime routines.

Reading's about the only not fully optional part of "routine." We read a few books (number undetermined. Usually determined by my patience). Then sometimes we do other stuff like sing or talk about the day.

Dh is lucky b/c c will often point to the bed and tell him "night daddy" when she's ready for bed. She NEVER does that for me. She's the queen of "let's prolong bedtime" when it's me.


(I also suck at remembering to brush her teeth when I don't give her a bath)

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I dump them in bed and am like (kiss) "Night! Love you!"

Finis.

[tdk2]

Oct 1, 2013 20:52:31 GMT -5 HiC said:

I. don't. believe. you. No way!!!

hah.

Promise she's not perfect.



STINKER.

SHe JUST started this occasional bite thing.  She bit my finger the other day when I was checking on her new teeth status.  A sloooowwwwww firm clamp down from which I couldn't get my finger out right away. Freaking broke skin.     She laughed like it was the funniest freaking thing in the world.  

She DID accidentally bite her own finger the other day and sobbed so I'm hoping she makes herself realize it hurts.  She's chewing on lots of stuff lately, so I'll chalk a little up to teething. She rarely really chews on toys, so it usually shows somethings off.

She also goes through a wave of tossing stuff on the floor and laughing in my face, which I've noticed coincides w/ new teeth. 
Yesterday she was pissing me off - "helping" prep veggies and she'd pull a trimmed bean or bell pepper out and just fling it on the floor and laugh.   Then she acted like Cooper was going to eat it.  


my patience is thin this week and she's not even REALLY misbehaving.  I think that's part of wishing dh were around more right now b/c I keep getting really irritated w/ little shit.

[tdk2]

Oct 1, 2013 20:55:55 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

I dump them in bed and am like (kiss) "Night! Love you!"

Finis.

That would probably be easier.


I do that if she's really tired and we drove from somewhere else.  Sometimes.   But damn, she loves book time. I swear she already knows the longest books to pick, too.

Alice in Wonderland is freaking LONGGGGGGGG even in the super short condensed version (and is quite the fucked up story when you read the summarized version)

[HiC]

Love her!! I remember the couple of times E tried to bite me, I acted so offended and said NO in the most over exaggerated way (kinda like reprimanding a dog....what did I know!) and she never did it again. I think she just didn't want to see me act like an asshole quite like that again! She was embarrassed for me.

[tdk2]

hah. I do the dog style reaction too. Hoping that works.

So far it's only been a few times and I'm hoping to kick it before it ramps up but DAMMIT it blows.


She is pretty empathetic usually. My knee hurts a ton lately. I said ow earlier today and that my knee hurt. She leaned down to kiss both of my knees.

Then she did it a little later when I moved and groaned. But that time, she nailed her head on the edge of a table when she bent forward. So........... it's been a fun day. Poor buddy. I do think she gets klutzier too when she's teething. I've noticed her have random falls and bumping into things on the days that she's just kind of "off"

[AHappierHour]

Oct 1, 2013 20:55:55 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

I dump them in bed and am like (kiss) "Night! Love you!"

Finis.

I do this too now. I have found with my kids if I read to them one book turns into 2 then 3 then they want to play. I still read to them just during the day.

[tdk2]

Oct 1, 2013 21:24:05 GMT -5 @booby said:

Oct 1, 2013 21:22:00 GMT -5 AHappierHour said:

I do this too now. I have found with my kids if I read to them one book turns into 2 then 3 then they want to play. I still read to them just during the day.

i'm jealous of you both.  our bedtime routine is NO EXAGG 3 hours long.  sigh.  i want to dump him in the crib and be done with it, but that turns into a 5 hour mess of crying and self mutilation.

Shit.  That's like your entire time home from work or school, isn't it?   Does this include dinner?

Omg, booby, I'd want to jump off a bridge.  
 
I always end up spending more time in the room reading with her than I realize, but 3 hours would be pretty darn hard.      I'm sorry. 

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Oct 1, 2013 21:25:29 GMT -5 HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan said:

Oct 1, 2013 20:55:55 GMT -5 @stellasmom said:

I dump them in bed and am like (kiss) "Night! Love you!"

Finis.

You don't read to them? Serious question

I read to them after nap to burn time until dh gets home.

Winning!

[pantsparty]

I still occasionally think of that photo you posted of her with her toy drill and laugh. So cute!

But anyway. Sorry about the bitey. Time to REHOME.

[HiC]

Teething is hard work! I'm sure it has everything to do with it. It's an interesting age too. E was especially full of piss and vinegar once she turned 3....that was a lot of fun (not).

[jaycee]

I would have dumped her in bed, too. That's rough!

[tdk2]

Oct 1, 2013 21:27:04 GMT -5 @tambcat said:

If I had all day with her, I'd probably do the dump, love ya! thing too. I (usually) enjoy bedtime because I get to sit down and really enjoy her for a few quiet minutes. It's still a short routine, though. We say goodnight to the animals and H, read two books, I sing a lullaby, and then lights out. Lately, she's started rejecting books one after another "no.. no...no..." Sometimes I'll manage to land on the ONE she has in mind to read, but if it takes too long finding it, I just say, okay, and move on to the lullaby. She still lets me cradle her while I sing the lullaby. It's my favorite part.

I like the quiet time w/ her too, usually.  I think that's why it irritates me so when she's being a stinker.

I've found C rejects books when I say it's the last book.   Then she gets realllllly slow and picky. 
She went through a wave of being picky when we'd first sit down too.  Esp hard when her words weren't clear enough and she'd call books by a random part of the book so I couldn't always pinpoint which one she wanted.    I think we just powered through the picky time and said, "Ok, either this book or nothing" to get around that, but she does that from time to time as well.

I miss cuddles.  She doesn't cuddle as often but I think that came about when the belly got too big.  She kind of perches next to me now though she went through a time of sitting on my legs facing my belly before we figured out another comfy spot.  I hope we get back to more cuddles once I don't have a giant pg belly. 

(you have many months btw, esp b/c you're tiny pg woman!)

[tdk2]

Oct 1, 2013 21:28:58 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I still occasionally think of that photo you posted of her with her toy drill and laugh. So cute!

But anyway. Sorry about the bitey. Time to REHOME.

OMG I just laughed SO hard.

Yup Rehoming! for sure!


Thanks.  She IS a fun kid overall.  
Here's mroe drilling: pandce.proboards.com/thread/234614/dh-home-more-bonus-pips
And here's her DJing Sat night: pandce.proboards.com/thread/233493/big-aw-jazzy-kid-pips

[papie]

Oh no! I hate that. We do bath, PJs, book, cuddles. DH does the cuddling part because I have no patience! I am ready to be all "freeeeedoooooom!" While they are all "you cuddled her longer! That is NOT FAIR!"

[pantsparty]

Oct 1, 2013 21:33:39 GMT -5 tdk2 said:

Oct 1, 2013 21:28:58 GMT -5 pantsparty said:

I still occasionally think of that photo you posted of her with her toy drill and laugh. So cute!

But anyway. Sorry about the bitey. Time to REHOME.

OMG I just laughed SO hard.

Yup Rehoming! for sure!


Thanks.  She IS a fun kid overall.  
Here's mroe drilling: pandce.proboards.com/thread/234614/dh-home-more-bonus-pips
And here's her DJing Sat night: pandce.proboards.com/thread/233493/big-aw-jazzy-kid-pips

She is a toddler of many talents! I GUESS she's a keeper

[tdk2]

Oct 1, 2013 21:29:32 GMT -5 HiC said:

Teething is hard work! I'm sure it has everything to do with it. It's an interesting age too. E was especially full of piss and vinegar once she turned 3....that was a lot of fun (not).

Yes.... it's like she suddenly realized she doesn't REALLY have to listen to what mom says.  (she does, she just thinks she has choice at the moment)   Doesn't help I"m freaking tired and prob not as stringent as usual.


Stroller has been pissing me off lately.  It's like a wrestling match to get her in stroller or grocery carts.   "NO RIDE NO RIDE!"   (she used to LOVE to go for a ride and sing about it but now she wants to be ms independent and stride around w/o even holding a hand.  I don't have the energy for that.)     dh gives in on that fight a lot and I keep trying to explain I need him to fight that one a bit as well b/c I'll need her in stroller a lot at first w/ kid 2.
AND SHE NEVER TIRES OUT.


Oh wait.  She did get tired once with dh on a walk.   Never with me though.

[tdk2]

I think I'm the bedtime pushover.

I have no book limit.

I always think I will, but then we're just having so much fun reading.

I make dh put her to bed on the nights he's home. Sometimes i feel a little bad he does it ea time he's home, but then I remember i still do it about 80-90% of nights since he's not around. Sometimes I get a little sad like i'm missing out on those nights but that lasts like a millisecond.

[HiC]

She's going to want to push the stroller with the new babe in it. That's always a slow as shit treat! First she'll want to "help" you and then she won't want you to lay a finger on the handle when she's pushing.....screaming, NO MOMMY, I DO. Oh wait that was me....yeah, how I remember those walks home from the playground.

[tdk2]

Oct 1, 2013 21:50:43 GMT -5 HiC said:

She's going to want to push the stroller with the new babe in it. That's always a slow as shit treat! First she'll want to "help" you and then she won't want you to lay a finger on the handle when she's pushing.....screaming, NO MOMMY, I DO. Oh wait that was me....yeah, how I remember those walks home from the playground.

ahhhhhh.  You are SOOOO right.  She already wants to push it more than ride in it.   I can only imagine post baby.... 

I do have to hold the handle and pull back while she pushes b/c she tries to go SO fast that she trips and falls if i don't keep the stroller going slower.     Very slow trips out of the zoo sometimes already.

She LOVES asking me for lotion and then  sings "rub baby rub' and rubs lotion on my belly.  (it rubs the lotion on it's skin??)

[HiC]

LOL! She's adorable!

[tdk2]

Oct 1, 2013 22:01:46 GMT -5 HiC said:

LOL! She's adorable!

THanks!  So's E.  I cannot believe how big she's getting. 

She's so cute hanging out w/ all her friends.