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Figured I'd toss up a quick whine thread.

Daughter skipped her nap and is peak obstinant today. Having to "trick" her into following the schedule.

"I don't want bath! I want read book!"

We'll read some books in bed after your bath sweetie.

"Noooooooo!"

Well I'm gonna get a bath, see you later.

"No! No I want baaaaath!"

Just max threenager today.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 13 hours ago

I've a four year old and a two year old, both expected at daycare tomorrow. I kind of managed by just shifting everything earlier, as they mostly recognized the sequence of events more than the absolute time... it was a little harder to get them to actually sleep, but they were in bed at the right time and putting in the effort.

It helps that my daughter is a stickler for rigid order. The boy just follows her lead. She's so rigid that she'll overcome her own desires to fulfill the series of events she expects, forgoing food, fun, whatever. It's kinda spooky, lol.

That said, fuck daylight savings time.