Owen was up crying at 4:30 AM because... (multiple choice)

[irrelephant]

A) he was cold

B) he wanted a drink of water

or

C) he really, really wanted to read The Poky Little Puppy.

[ECB]

As I was up at 4:15 w/ my son and I know what he wanted, I'm going to vote for C.

[partiallysunny]

I was up at 3:30am and kid wanted penguin crackers and water. So I'm going with that.

[thatgirl2478]

DD was up at 5 wanting her bunny (which, I think was just 'lost' in the sea of stuffed animals she insists on sleeping with).

[janiejones]

if this is C what do i win???

[cuddlyevil]

I am going for C.

[Saint Monica]

It is a damn good read, so I vote C

[ering1115]

Can I go rogue with D all of the above? I feel like D all of the above would be DS.

He ate popcorn for his pre-daycare snack today because that is what he wanted. Yesterday it was cheddar rocket ships. So if there was an option for random non-breakfast food I would add that to my all of the above as well.

[irrelephant]

If you guessed C, you are absolutely right. At least he went back to sleep (after lots of rocking, cajoling, singing, etc). And NO, I did not read The Poky Little Puppy to him.

thatgirl - When I was trying to tuck him back in, he was all WHERE IS MY ROBOT? WHERE IS MY ROBOT?, and then complained that there were "too many guys" in his crib.

What a little weirdo.

[alzi]

lol at too many guys.

[ECB]

Apr 4, 2013 9:01:53 GMT -5 irrelephant said:

If you guessed C, you are absolutely right. At least he went back to sleep (after lots of rocking, cajoling, singing, etc). And NO, I did not read The Poky Little Puppy to him.
        

You're lucky.  My son did NOT go back to sleep.  Grrrr.

[irrelephant]

Apr 4, 2013 8:58:14 GMT -5 Saint Monica said:

It is a damn good read, so I vote C

But have you ever noticed the plot holes in it? Like, why is the presence of a strawberry down the road, over the bridge and across the green grass evidence that your mom is making strawberry shortcake at home?  And how do you know it's chocolate pudding by the SOUND?

And why, if the poky little puppy was able to find a wide space in the fence to squeeze through, did they bother to dig a hole under it in the first place?

[irrelephant]

Apr 4, 2013 9:04:15 GMT -5 ECB said:

Apr 4, 2013 9:01:53 GMT -5 irrelephant said:

If you guessed C, you are absolutely right. At least he went back to sleep (after lots of rocking, cajoling, singing, etc). And NO, I did not read The Poky Little Puppy to him.
        

You're lucky.  My son did NOT go back to sleep.  Grrrr.

Oof.  Bummer. 

[irrelephant]

Apr 4, 2013 9:08:50 GMT -5 lagom said:

I don't know whether this helps, or just goes to show toddlers are jerks sometimes.

Toddlers are indeed jerks sometimes.  We've referred to him as "jerk baby" on more than one occasion. Not to his face, promise.

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Apr 4, 2013 9:21:14 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Apr 4, 2013 9:05:26 GMT -5 irrelephant said:

But have you ever noticed the plot holes in it? Like, why is the presence of a strawberry down the road, over the bridge and across the green grass evidence that your mom is making strawberry shortcake at home?  And how do you know it's chocolate pudding by the SOUND?

And why, if the poky little puppy was able to find a wide space in the fence to squeeze through, did they bother to dig a hole under it in the first place?

 Exactly. EXACTLY. And how does a mother dog make a fucking cake? She doesn't, that's how; because fucking dogs don't have goddamned opposable thumbs. 

I hate to say it but your frustration over a fictional mother dog who can't make a cake because she lacks opposable thumbs amuses me. 

[irrelephant]

Apr 4, 2013 9:21:14 GMT -5 @cse1960 said:

Apr 4, 2013 9:05:26 GMT -5 irrelephant said:

But have you ever noticed the plot holes in it? Like, why is the presence of a strawberry down the road, over the bridge and across the green grass evidence that your mom is making strawberry shortcake at home?  And how do you know it's chocolate pudding by the SOUND?

And why, if the poky little puppy was able to find a wide space in the fence to squeeze through, did they bother to dig a hole under it in the first place?

 Exactly. EXACTLY. And how does a mother dog make a fucking cake? She doesn't, that's how; because fucking dogs don't have goddamned opposable thumbs. 

THANK YOU. 

[ering1115]

H and I had a longer than I would like to admit discussion about this book. I get annoyed at the mother dog for not noticing or caring that 4 puppies are home but she is missing one before feeding them all strawberry shortcake. Count your kids damnit! And find your missing puppy.

I guess if she has the dexterity required to make desserts she can also have the dexterity required to write signs.

[irrelephant]

I also don't quite know how to read the sentence "So you're the puppies who will dig  holes under fences!" It's awkward and doesn't make sense.

And and and - is she sending them to bed without dessert (the reason they ran their little asses home in the first place) or without dinner? 

Why does the mom reward the puppies for filling the hole at the end and punish the poky one for being poky? The issue was not the presence of a hole, it's that they dug it and used it to escape. Filling it is not cause for being treated to strawberry shortcake.

So many questions.

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The reason DH hates that that book is that while the poky little puppy misses ONE dessert in the end, before that he got like 5 free desserts just because he was a little jerk and a slowpoke. Let's reward that little jerk!