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Kids are hilarious! 
Except when they're not 
Shortly after Livi got her "Parsnip Pete" she asked if she could eat his eyes.
I'm a bit frightened. Already out of her pretty dress. She decided that her Hello Kitty bathing suit was more Eastery. Kids. Gotta love 'em!
Except when they're not Shortly after Livi got her "Parsnip Pete" she asked if she could eat his eyes.
I'm a bit frightened. Already out of her pretty dress. She decided that her Hello Kitty bathing suit was more Eastery. Kids. Gotta love 'em!
Chocolate and Parsnip should never be in the same title or sentence. hell, they shouldn't even be in the same state! They need to talk to the people who come up with paint names before next Easter. Those people know how to come up with names!
You might not want to find it. remember it is j0ker that did the contest
I found it
He's a special kind of jacked up, isn't he?
My child was so so so bad at bedtime last night, I almost ran away from home! I'm not kidding! OMG! She is 
x infinity at bed time, wth is going on?? Moms, I'm begging for help here! 
x infinity at bed time, wth is going on?? Moms, I'm begging for help here!
When my girl was that age we had to do no sugar after dinner,a warm bath and snuggly pjs, and lie down on the couch and watch a quiet video tape or read a calm story before bed.She usually fell asleep during the video or story. She needed quiet time to unwind or she would get wound up and cranky. Then it was a fight.
Overtired will do it- and so will chocolate and lots of sugar-
Mine were bouncing off the walls-
I went from one of those "sugar does NOT affect my kids, Stop being so silly and .... about everything" type moms to a "DO NOT GIVE MY KID ANYTHING wtih SUGAR, OR CAFFINE in it- unless you want me to come find you at 2am..." moms...
Mine were bouncing off the walls-
I went from one of those "sugar does NOT affect my kids, Stop being so silly and .... about everything" type moms to a "DO NOT GIVE MY KID ANYTHING wtih SUGAR, OR CAFFINE in it- unless you want me to come find you at 2am..." moms...
After trying many things, this is what finally worked for my daughter. "Farran, you have 15 minutes until bed. I'm setting the timer on the microwave." She would fight me and stall and do everything she could to avoid bed until I found the timer trick. I kid you not, when that timer went off, she would stop whatever she was doing and go to bed. It was like magic. I don't know why.. maybe because it was the timer and you can't argue with a timer like you can with mom? Anyway, it worked.
OK, thank you all! I am going to try everything...cause really, I'm not completely sure I can take much more of what went on here last night. OMG!
OMG!
I am not a mom, but I play one at home. pchela's little trick has been working wonders for us for everything since I tried it about three years ago. She would fight going to bed, or coming inside, or time to leave grandma's or whatever. But once we started "compromising" by letting her know before hand how much time she had left she actually stops on her own when the "timer" (whatever it may be) goes off.
And audiobooks and/or music of her choice at bedtime gets her to sleep almost instantly rather than laying there (sometimes for hours) keeping herself awake...
And audiobooks and/or music of her choice at bedtime gets her to sleep almost instantly rather than laying there (sometimes for hours) keeping herself awake...
OK, I set the timer on the stove. I told the child, "Livi, when you hear the beep in 20 minutes, it's time to brush teeth and get ready for bed." She said, "Oh. OK." I thought Really??? That's it?? Awesome! 
So, timer set, we all three watched a 20 minute "My Pretty Pony" and noone spoke...just quiet, ponies and snuggle with Mommies. Beth took her up...she brushed her little teeth, got her pull-up on and then Beth read to her and tucked her in. She got up a couple times, said EVERYTHING "Scared, pee, drink, hungry, can't sleep." We just put her back on her bed, hugs, kisses, leave. She got up again...went in the bathroom....and drank Dora SoftSoap. OMG! Really???? Once I looked up everything possible on injesting soap and realized she wasn't going to die, I gave her milk and bread and we watched her for 30 minutes and put her back in bed...she dropped right off. Lesson here: Give em soap! One shot of soap will knock em out appartently! FFS!
Beth put her in our bed just now and is sleeping with her in case she wakes up sick to her stomache, but I don't think she's going to. I'm dreading going to bed cause the baby flops around like a fish out of water when she sleeps. I end up getting beaten.
Good grief. No, we won't be having any more children!
OK." I thought Really??? That's it?? Awesome! So, timer set, we all three watched a 20 minute "My Pretty Pony" and noone spoke...just quiet, ponies and snuggle with Mommies. Beth took her up...she brushed her little teeth, got her pull-up on and then Beth read to her and tucked her in. She got up a couple times, said EVERYTHING "Scared, pee, drink, hungry, can't sleep." We just put her back on her bed, hugs, kisses, leave. She got up again...went in the bathroom....and drank Dora SoftSoap. OMG! Really???? Once I looked up everything possible on injesting soap and realized she wasn't going to die, I gave her milk and bread and we watched her for 30 minutes and put her back in bed...she dropped right off. Lesson here: Give em soap! One shot of soap will knock em out appartently! FFS! Beth put her in our bed just now and is sleeping with her in case she wakes up sick to her stomache, but I don't think she's going to. I'm dreading going to bed cause the baby flops around like a fish out of water when she sleeps. I end up getting beaten.
Good grief. No, we won't be having any more children!
So... the timer didn't work?
Do you guys let her get up for water, drink, can't sleep, etc? I'm trying to remember how I handled that stuff. I know people told me I had to ignore her and she'd fall asleep eventually, but I could never do that.
Do you guys let her get up for water, drink, can't sleep, etc? I'm trying to remember how I handled that stuff. I know people told me I had to ignore her and she'd fall asleep eventually, but I could never do that.
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