Even Wonderful Girls have Tough Days
Tonight was another one of those 5 year old meltdowns. I could see it coming towards the end of dinner. She wasn't hungry anymore, and she wanted time to "get her energy out". I suspect part of this was because her sister had been sick, so I had made an exception and let them just watch TV while I made dinner. When we told her it was already late, and time to do PJs after dinner, the meltdown began. Pouting under the table... dragging herself to bring in her plate. Weird noises... We just continued our routine and asked her to get her PJs on again. She didn't so we pulled the first story. She continued to fight and scream, trying to push my every button, but finally got her PJs on, and fought some more before teeth. We pulled the post-teeth-video. She got more upset. I sat down with her on the floor, offered to help & do her teeth for her. She sobbed and sobbed, and insisted that she had done something good, but didnt want to tel...