Dylan has been growing out of nap time lately. He maybe falls asleep 30% of the time. Today I was pretty stern with him, and told him he HAD to stay in his bed even if he stayed awake. After the first 15 minutes of Dylan getting up about 30 times, I lost my cool and threatened him with all kinds of things like "losing all of your toys until Christmas, taking Inky, no more gummies, no going back to school to see his friends, and no more TV!". This time he took about 30 minutes before he came back out, and i sent him back again. Then, 2 minutes later he came back again. I am just amazed at his persistence. I normally don't give in, but I was tired of being irritated with him and he looked really sweet and innocent so I let him stay up. Then he came over to me, sat down and explained the following:
"Mommy, when I was in my bed after you freaked out I was sad. So, I talked to myself cuz I was all alone. I thought of a plan and talked to myself about it. Then I came out to see if I could get up and you said NO. I was sad and alone in my bed, so I made another plan with myself. Then, this time it work-ed. My plan work-ed (with the ed part sounding like Ed). You like when I make plans? I do."
Bottom line, he admitted that he thought he could wear me down. Obviously, he will be doing this again tomorrow because it work-ED!!
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