Day #1373 (Mon., Oct. 7, 2013) – The Gummy Bear Tantrum
The photo to the left shows a picture that Katie painted at school.
When I got home from work this evening Katie was sleeping. A few moments of relaxation before another exciting evening…
I found a kids exercise video on YouTube this evening. It involved roaming around and pretending you were various animals…elephants, snakes, giraffes, crabs, etc. Katie and I did it together and she really enjoyed it.
While Katie was sitting down on the LazyBoy watching television my wife gave her some gummy bears. When she wanted more and my wife resisted the fun really began. She started crying and screaming like mad and would not stop. My wife put her in her bedroom to calm down but the racket continued. Eventually she started crying out how she wanted her daddy. Eventually I went to see her and she wanted me to pick her up and take her to the LazyBoy so she could watch Scooby-Doo. When I did she calmed down immediately. She even ate some fish after that. Go figure…
Eventually Katie worked her way into the tub. It is often easier to put her to bed after she has a nice warm bath. We’ll see…
WHAT I LEARNED TODAY
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1) Katie and I pretended to be animals as per an exercise we found on YouTube.