Saturday, 19 July 2008
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I'm trying...
I'm trying to take Lily places that I think will be fun & she'll enjoy. Haven't had much success lately.
- Sunday after Independence Day - We went to the Westland Fireworks. I thought she would think they were cool. Not so much. She wanted to leave. Not even me holding her helped, she wanted to get in her stroller and GO!
- Last Saturday - Lily loves animals, so I thought, she'll LOVE Rainforest Cafe. Her first impression was pretty good. She liked the fish in the big aquarium, and she even seemed to like the elephants. But they sat us by the gorilla. It was all okay until the gorilla starting grunting and hitting its chest. She freaked out, saying "C'mon, let's go! Let's go mommy, I want to go!" And she basically starting walking out of the place. I even tried to take her out and calm her down, but as soon as we went back in she freaked out again. So we drove all the way out there for nothing. We didn't even get to order.
- Today - I brought her to a nice sprayscape in Plymouth. She didn't want to go near the water. She loves pools, but something about spraying/sprinkling water kind of freaks her out.
Oh well.
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let me start off by saying: i love you dearly my sweet cassie-girl!!! and i love my little lily-girl. maybe submitting your story to "supernanny" can get the control shifted from the child back to the parents. i think a few days of lily just toughing it out and doing something she will learn to like, might be a plan. it's like potty training: you can't do it gradually for it to work. you must plan to spend the entire day at home with NO DIAPERS as a safety net. if lily thinks she can control a situation, she will get what she wants every time. if you keep on keeping on during an event, and don't let her make the decision to leave, perhaps she will understand that you are the parent and she is the child. being firm with her doesn't mean you don't care about her opinion, it means she will just have to learn to do what you want to do SOME of the time: not what she wants to do ALL of the time. it takes time and effort to reverse what is done, but it will be worth it in the longrun. she is old enough now to know what you are saying: she will eventually conform and compromise. you and phil are good, loving parents. she knows that and depends on you. she will understand when things can't always go HER way. she will always know you love her. she will know how blessed she is to have the opportunity to experience new places.
oh dear...a difference between the moms. I believe that Cassie & Phil are doing a great job of parenting a two year old. potty training doesn't happen in one day for almost 99% of children. Lily knows who the bosses are...her parents...she's just a typical toddler. Actually, she's probably better than most toddlers because she's got such a lovely personality. I won't say much more...Phil & Cassie are great parents...Cassie's a way better mom to Lily than I ever was to my 3 wonderful children. keep up the good work Cassie.