2000. Chana is 1 1/2 years old. She started crawling out of her crib, so we switched her to a toddler bed. Since we don't want her wandering around at night, we put a child gate in her doorway. She still hasn't slept through the night (since she was born, not just since the switch). It's 2 AM, she's at the gate, shaking it, screaming (if she had a tin can she'd be rattling it against the gate). I have finally reached the end of my rope. I kneel down so I'm eye-to-eye with her, and lose it. I'm screaming at her. Yelling that this is unacceptable, that we all need our sleep. I am right in her face. I finally stop my screed, but remain where I am, staring her down.
She reaches over the gate, touches my schnozz, and says, "Nose."
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Kids. They sure know how to defuse a situation. We should send them around the world as peacemakers...!
That should teach you that there is no sense in reasoning or shouting at a toddler! Totally lost on them. Sounds like she wasn't too traumatized or fazed, for that matter.
That kid is going places.
Ralphie, I'm so glad it was "eye-to-eye" that you were with her. I'm afraid if you were standing up and looking down at her, what she might've decided to choose to touch and say.
Precious!
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