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September 14, 2007
Ask and ye shall receive
It amazes me how sometimes the reason you aren't getting what you want from your kids is that you just didn't ask.
A couple days ago, I was putting Jamie down for her rest, and she lined up a piece of kleenex on her pillow with her buddy. I asked why, and she said it's for wiping her eyes when she has to cry, like sometimes when she wets the bed. I told her I thought it would be easier on both of us if instead of crying until I woke up, she just quietly came and got me. After all, there's no reason to cry over wetting the bed, it's not like she's doing something wrong.
Lo and behold, I was woken up at 4:30 this morning by a small person standing by my head, telling me she wet her bed. Even in my nearly comatose state, I was impressed by her restraint against the crying. Anyone who's known me long knows that Jamie rarely restrains her crying.
Apparently, all I had to do was ask!
Posted by me at September 14, 2007 8:19 PM