Bryan the Trickster
Afternoon Musing 1
Bryan refused to take a nap. So he hopped and hopped on the bed and around the house. So I made a deal with him that he’d get a tic-tac candy only after he woke up from his nap.
So the little mind started tinkering…..
He laid his head down on my laps, made some snoring noise, and two seconds later he picked up his head and exclaimed, “I woke up! I want candy.”
We all laughed pretty hard after that…
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Afternoon Musing 2
So after some “intense” negotiation, we decided that Bryan could have one tic-tac before he napped. And I made him promise (like that’d ever hold) he’d go to bed once he had his tic-tac; and he agreed. But once he had the tic-tac in hand, he put it in his mouth and declared he didn’t need to go to bed anymore!
So these are the stories of how I was tricked by a two-year-old, TWICE, in a day.
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It turned out that Costco had some free samplings of eggnogs, and Bryan had one too many. Considering how sweet most American eggnog products are, that was probably enough fuel to take another Apollo Mission to the moon and back for a two-year-old…
Oh~~ the hard lessons of parenthood…
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November 13th, 2007 at 8:21 am
Haha.. Like father like son. always thinking about the loop holes!
November 13th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Loopholes is what make the wheels turn!
I wish I am as clear as he’s going to be though… It’s going to be hard to set up rules since he’s just going to find creative ways to break them… Hah hah….
November 13th, 2007 at 5:25 pm
I would just beat the …..
just kidding……
….not ….
seriously, baby learn how to trick before they can even speak.
they would fake cry just to get your attention.
I am sure you had that kind of experience…
I guess it’s human nature.
November 13th, 2007 at 6:37 pm
For the first year or so, most scientific studies have shown that the infants aren’t necessarily “faking” or manipulating adults. Imagine you are on a strange planet all by yourself, and you don’t know how to speak any language that anybody understands. When you are lonely, afraid, hungry or need a diaper change, the only way to get someone to help you is to scream and cry, among other primitive actions.
But for toddlers at Bryan’s age, they are REALLY learning to push the limits and trying to be “independent” and define what the rules are and what place they have in this society by learning the rules… It gets more complicated than that… but that’s the general concept.