a few weeks ago, we had a stretch of mornings that proved to be challenging. we took for granted that harper is pretty happy in the mornings, with us waking her up so early, getting her ready for school and rushing out of the door. she decided the other day that she didn't want to change, put on her clothes, socks or shoes. it came with her saying, "i don't like those pants. i don't like that shirt." 20 mins later of trying to reason with her, we had to pretty much hold her down and force her to change her clothes. not exactly a great way to start the morning. plus, you just feel bad that she is frustrated. she cried the entire time, on the way to the car and i had some difficulty putting her in her car seat too.
so amy and i had to come up with a plan. we thought of things like, let her pick out her outfits or see if she wanted to put them on herself, etc. the bribe if 2 M&M's didn't even work. then we realized that we were rushing her, so we got her up about 15 mins earlier to let her have her milk and sit in the bed a little while longer, remembering that we both need to stay calm no matter what. sure enough the morning went much smoother. amy even came up with a little game where she jumps into her pants and pops into her shirt. she finds it entertaining...for now. things seem to be back to normal so far. looking back it was the week she ended up having a temp of 102 on that friday. maybe she was not feeling well, trying to fight something off?
i know we have been lucky almost avoiding the terrible 2's, so i am trying not to complain. we are lucky to have so many good days of happy harper. does this mean we are going to experience the horrible 3's?
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