- Yesterday was a wash. Not only did you wake up at 4:30am but I took a Benedryl which enabled me to sleep through a good chunk of the morning therefore missing your speech class. I did however wake up in time to get you to daycare so go me!
- Today we woke up mostly on time but then you proclaimed that you didn't want to go to daycare. All this was while snuggling me and attempting to pet the kitten at the same time. That's not fair Emma! Mommy can't really resist that much when you do morning snuggles and she's half awake. I did resist and managed to get you to daycare without lying. I did however forget to brush your hair and give you your eye drops but hey one out of three!
- I have been lying to you nightly and hope you will not catch on for a while. I tell you that you have to sleep so the morning will come and you can go to speech class and daycare to play with your friends. I hope you do not realize for a while that even if you do not sleep you will still do these things thus taking away my bargaining chip and having you stay up until midnight where you pass out while doing something. This has happened by the way I found her sleeping in the middle of her pile of toys in her room. Please don't let this happen again and daddy tells these lies too.
- I have been promising for weeks now that I will take you swimming and I will paint your nails. I have not done these things because something always happens. Daddy is on call and mommy doesn't handle taking you swimming alone well, you get pink eye, mommy gets sick or I just plain forget. I know eventually you will remember to bug me about things I promise to do but for now I feel like a heel and I'm sorry.
- I need to let you dress yourself more often mostly because you're 3 and can do so but also so you can learn independence and feel good about yourself. It doesn't matter that we're running late and I'm impatient. You can indeed pick out your own clothes. Apparently I also need to let you wear things even if they don't match simply because you did pick them out. Even though that bright yellow and multicolored shorts do not match and it makes my eye twitch.
- You have started the why stage and I'm losing my mind. After explaining logically why you cannot do something or why something is you keep asking why and mommy's head wants to explode. Most of the time I count quietly to myself and manage to not snap at you. Other times I turn into raving mommy and you get yelled at. I'm sorry but I'm trying and you are highly annoying when you do that! It is a stage and it will pass. Perhaps I should have this tattooed on my head or possibly my arm where I can actually see that reminder.
So mommy is sorry and will try harder I promise. If I don't forget that is because that's entirely possible. Like those times I forgot your diaper bag after picking you up from daycare and we had to go pick up the cat from the vet who was taking a very long time. A very, very long time and you then pooped in your diaper which I could not ignore. Then I realized that I had forgotten your diaper bag and had to leave you without diaper until we got home and prayed to god that you would not pee or poop again. We managed and I'm eternally thankful!
