Heard in the Night
Henry has long talked in his sleep, but now that he's three years old the things he says have become more clear and even more entertaining. A few nights ago he said, "I'll huff...and I'll puff...."
On a related note, Henry sometimes asks to nurse in the night, even though we night-weaned months ago and he knows I won't nurse him until morning. Lately, if it's after 5am I give in.
I think that's pretty generous, so you can imagine that the other day when he wanted to nurse at 4:30am I was not about to go for it.
He asked, in many different ways, with many different inflections: "MOMMY, I want to nahs! I want to NAHS, Mommy. Please nahs!" I've learned to firmly say no after the first request and then ignore him, so I was completely silent while he begged in a million different ways.
He stopped; it was quiet for about fifteen seconds, and then he said, "What? [pause] What did you say?"
On a related note, Henry sometimes asks to nurse in the night, even though we night-weaned months ago and he knows I won't nurse him until morning. Lately, if it's after 5am I give in.
I think that's pretty generous, so you can imagine that the other day when he wanted to nurse at 4:30am I was not about to go for it.
He asked, in many different ways, with many different inflections: "MOMMY, I want to nahs! I want to NAHS, Mommy. Please nahs!" I've learned to firmly say no after the first request and then ignore him, so I was completely silent while he begged in a million different ways.
He stopped; it was quiet for about fifteen seconds, and then he said, "What? [pause] What did you say?"
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