Tre HATES to sleep. He certainly doesn't get this from me. Tonight when I put him to bed, he threw a tantrum and this is how the conversation went when I got him to calm down.
Tre: I don't want to take a nap.
ME: You're not taking a nap. This is bedtime. Everyone goes to bed at night.
Tre: BUT I don't want to take a nap.
ME: This isn't a nap!
Tre: What is it then?
ME: Bedtime.
Tre: Why?
ME: Because the moon is up and when the moon is up everyone in the world goes to sleep.
Tre: Does the moon come up for naptime too?
ME: No. The sun is up for naptime and the moon is up for bedtime. You don't always have to take a nap, but you do have to go to bed.
Tre: But I don't want to go to bed!
ME: Tre, when the sun is up, you don't have to sleep. When the moon is up you do have to go to sleep and the moon is up now, so good night.
Tre: But I don't see the moon, so I don't have to go to bed.
ME: The moon is up in the sky, but the curtains are closed so you can't see it. I'll show you tomorrow. Good night.
Tre: Okay. Good night.
Good try on his part. How can the kid never be tired?
Sounds like a little girl i know! I made her a "rice bag" which is a bag you microwave to get it warm and t keeps you cozy.... the other night she got out of bed and microwaved it for three minutes while i was in the shower!
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