Last night’s Bad Mommy Moment
Just because it’s fun to admit to the ‘mistakes’ that seem to be working just fine, anyway.
8:15pm - they’re still eating dinner, because the night got away from me. Shelby comes into the kitchen & takes a kid-sized single-serving bottle of juice out of the fridge - asks if he can have it.
Me: “Sorry, buddy, it’s too close to bedtime. If you have too much to drink now, you might pee the bed”
Shelby: “Please! I’ll try really hard to pee before I go to sleep”
Me: “Hmmm… That doesn’t always work. But, if you are really thirsty, I guess you could wear a pullup to bed.” (He HATES wearing pullups to bed)
Shelby: “How about if I just drink this much (indicating 1/4 of the way down on the bottle), then put the rest back in the fridge for breakfast?”
Me: “Sure, that would solve your thirst problem and my worries about cleaning your bed”
And, he had an inch of the juice with the rest of his dinner, then put the top back on & put it away in the fridge.
:-p
