Well, not only have we hit the terrible twos with vengeance, we continue on the road of ridiculous bedtimes. We've never really been strict on a bedtime for Molly, mainly because she's always been pretty good, and we only need to be up super early two days a week. In recent times however, this has gotten out of control. We find ourselves in a self made predicament, so what do we do?!
Tonight I have spent the best part of 2 hours trying to get my dear child to relax and sleep. To my dismay, she had other ideas. She has just come in to the lounge room demanding "milky". So, after cuddling, soft lullaby music, stories, more cuddles and now milk, she is wide awake and I am at my wits end.
We gave in and let her come and sit on the lounge and watch TV with us, I am waiting with baited breath for her eyes to become heavy and to finally hear the soft lull of her snoring.
I know that we are a bit soft at times, and I'm sure it will be our undoing, but wowee we love this child. So much so that she is watching TV with my husband as I write this. It's what I like to call the Puss In Boots effect. Much like the character in the Shrek films, when he does his big eyed sad face and melts your heart, so does our daughter with her massive blue eyes and golden angel hair. Add some tears to those big eyes and it would make the coldest of cold hearts melt. She truly is a master of manipulation, and at the age of 2!
For now, we are doing what ever we need to do in order to get through our days with a very temperamental 2 year old, and if that means she's not in bed by 7:30pm so be it. I need some peace at the end of my day, and a good cup of tea.
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