Calvin has been terrible at bed time this past week. He's fine getting ready, he enjoys brushing his teeth and reading books. But when I sing him a song and lay him in bed, turn off the lights and say goodnight, he screams, fusses, and says "all done!" and "owie!" repeatedly to try get my attention. I put him in bed at 8:30, and here it is 9:18, still crying. Its about to drive me nutso!
My daddy used to come in my room and tell me in no uncertain terms that unless I stopped crying(as it was only a way to get out of bed and for some no good reason I figured I was missing out by being in bed), he would give me something to cry about...so, since he always backed up what he said with action, suffice it to say I quit crying because if I encouraged him to come back to my room, he would bring the paddle with him and had to be quiet...which gave us BOTH peace!
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