It is nap time right now, and I was unable to put her down. Daddy had to do it. It seems that I have on too many occasions taken her out of her crib, deciding she wasn't tired enough to nap, and restored her to her former happy state of play. Now she thinks if she cries enough, I will do so again. But if I know she is tired enough, while the hell would I do that?
She doesn't know the difference. She just knows that maybe if she makes a fuss with Mommy, she might get out of her crib/cage. Today she put up quite the fight. We never restored her to her former state of play. We gave her a bath, changed her clothes, changed her diaper, held her, but never took her back to all her toys.
I need to be more careful now about the message I send. Oli is really learning our behaviors. She is our learning patterns, and who will do what and when. Smart little booger that she is. I swear we just had a full on tantrum at 9 months. What will 18 and 24 month hold. I better stand strong now. I cant wimp out at this point, or we are going to be in trouble later. I just didn't realize how much she was taking in.
I look at this picture though. Oli crying because I used the flash and she has always hated the light directly on her eyes. She has never in her life, been shy to tell us what she does and doesn't like. She is just finding more pronounced and subtle ways of doing it. Good thing I am no dummy, or this child would get away with murder. But I better pull my SMRT cells out. I am going to need them for the next 23-25 years. AT LEAST.
