We took Annie's nuk (pacifier) away yesterday. Kim says it's messing up her teeth, so we took it away. Sleep came, but she was kind of fussy going to bed. No big deal, though.
Tonight was a completely different story. First: Annie loves to brush her teeth. I've never seen anyone love to brush their teeth so much. I don't know what she gets from it, but she freaking loves it and when you do take the brush away she freaks out and cries as if you did something REALLY crazy like stab her in the leg. She wails and wails and wails. Jeez, it's nuts.
But she needs to brush her teeth (and stop too) and I don't see much point in brushing her teeth before she has her bedtime sippy of milk. I don't see why people brush their teeth BEFORE eating. Freaks me out.
So tonight she took a bath, then we had her sippy, then we brushed her teeth and stopped brushing and then, you know, the neighbors started calling sayingthey know I'm attempting to murder my daughter in a new and painful way, so I tried to read her bedtime books, that didn't change much and then it was off to bed and she cried forever.
It's tough to listen to your kid cry. Especially when you know that you can go in there and fix it all (but you ALSO know if you do, she'll realize she has new power over you and doesn't have to go to bed when she's supposed to, all she needs to do is cry).
Jeez.
My only consoling thought is that tomorrow wil hopefully be a better day.
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