I’ve been having trouble lately with getting Tatum (the 4.5 year old) to go to the bathroom by herself at night. She’s also going through that scared of the dark/sleeping by herself phase, so kind of a double whammy. Each night I start the evening out with nicely begging her to stay in bed. She responds with “but if I really really need you, you’ll come in, right?”
Of course I will.
However the “really need you” moments have lately been getting more and more, um, how should I say…. creative. Tonight, for example….
-“MOMMY, I REALLY REALLY NEED YOU!!!!!!”
-I go into her room (btw, this is the FOURTH time since I put her to bed about 20 minutes ago). “What do you need, Tatum?”
-“Mommy, did you know I’m ALLERGIC to COYOTES???”
-“Um, no, kid, I wasn’t aware of that. Because you aren’t.”
And while it’s funny, it’s also annoying, because it happens at midnight, 3:30 in the morning, 5 in the morning, and so on and so forth. Last night I got about an hour and a half stretches of sleep between both kids. Mommy gonna lose her mind over here.
Anyone else with kiddos have that issue? Could really use some advice, or random thoughts, or maybe even some vodka and funny memes. 😉
