Afternoon fussiness is back with a vengeance in our home. In the mornings, my sweet little Doodlebug wakes up smiling, giggling and excited to be awake. By afternoon, he is a fussy, nothing-will-console-me-but-keeping-trying-mama crazy man! Kid, you're supposed to feel refreshed after a 2 hour nap!
The other day we were cuddling in Mama and Dada's "big bed" post mid-day nap. Doodlebug's big eyes were staring right into mine. After 20 minutes, I thought we should get up. The conversation went like this:
Mama: Should we go downstairs and get a snack? Something to eat?
Doodlebug: No, no eat.
Mama: We can get an apple.
Doodlebug: No, no apple.
Mama: We can watch a Daniel Tiger.
Doodlebug: No, no Tiger.
Mama: We could play with our blocks.
Doodlebug: No, no play.
By this point, I'm losing my gentle mommy patience. I'm thinking about the dinner that needs prepping and laundry needs to go into the dryer.
Mama: Well, baby what DO you want?
Doodlebug: MAMAAA!
Heart MELT! You can bet we stayed in bed cuddling for another 20 minutes.
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