It Can't Last Forever, but it's Fun for Now
Sometimes parenting is like walking through a corn maze while blindfolded. Just when you think you know what's going on, BAM. You're more lost than you were before and there's a spider crawling on your head.
We're in the midst of one of those phases where there are openings in the corn maze in every direction.
It's good news, but WHAT THE HELL, CHILD? Why is she suddenly so ... pleasant? And independent? And amazing?
Case in point: School started something like a month ago. I have not once had to wake the kid up. She has been waking up all by herself, getting dressed all by herself, and even making and eating her own breakfast. Without me intervening. In fact, I haven't even had to tell her it was time to go out the door. Instead, she has been telling me. With a smile on her face. WHAT IS THIS VOODOO MAGIC?
Alexis has also been going to bed without a fight.
Let me repeat that for those of you who just passed out from shock: Alexis. The child who does not believe in sleep. THAT child has been going to bed without a fight.
Even more shocking, last night she INITIATED bedtime. Like, she looked at a clock, turned off the tablet, and said, "It's my bedtime so I'm going to brush my teeth. Good night!" AND THEN I PASSED OUT DEAD.
Hold on.
I need to compose myself.
I would think it was all a dream, but I know for a fact it's not. My dreams include a world where there is no jelly on the pantry doorknob, so this isn't quite a dream. It's just really, really fantastic. Sticky, but fantastic.
But as every parent knows, for every opening you find in the corn maze, there is a dead end. Any minute now the pleasant is going to evaporate and be replaced by a four foot tall mini-terrorist with a mouth that could make a bunch of corn stalks grow legs just so they can run away.
We'll just enjoy it while it lasts, even if we do need to sleep with one eye open.
Friday, September 27, 2013
Reader Comments (3)
Wait...wha?? Going to sleep without a fight...in your bed? Because that's the only explanation that might make sense. Or that there's a devious plot we have yet to uncover. Heh.
She needs to give BB a lesson or two on smooth mornings then. They've been not so great here. No one is sleeping in, but no one's doing what they're supposed to either because READING.
SHE IS THE BEST