We are glad Madeline is finally loving to give hugs and kisses, but it's turned into a real bedtime problem. She's figured out that hugs and kisses are a great stalling trick. She wants a million of them, and then a few more. Every time I zip her up in her "princess bed" after having given her several hugs and kisses, she needs another, and then another, and then another... you get the point. While I love her to pieces, I really don't love to be maniputed by her 2 year old self.
Yesterday we decided to set a limit on bedtime hugs and kisses. It seemed somehow very wrong to limit affection to my child, and really strict to actually set a number for her. But it needed to be done for my sanity and her precious sleep. She was really ticked about it yesterday, in that she refused to sleep during her nap and screamed, "HUG!!! KISS!!!" for another 30 minutes at bedtime. Naptime today: not a peep.
As we are dealing with our little "terrible" 2 year old (who's really not all that terrible, but more now than she's ever been) I keep looking to the future, to her teenage years in particular. I've heard there are many similarities between the terrible twos and teenagers. I'm pretty sure that one stark difference will be that I will be wishing for more hugs and kisses from this girl.
1 comments:
She's so funny! I think that would be hard to turn down hugs and kisses but it sounds like your strategy is working. Two year olds will definitely press their limits!
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