Renee has been requesting to co-sleep with us for the past few weeks and her Papa had happily allowed that(citing the reason that she'd not be a kid forever and in the future, she won't want to slp with us anymore - hey, this was what I've said to him in the past!). However, her requests got to a point when it had became too often and I felt the need to put a stop to it, least she might get too used to it(although she had expressed that she'd readily move back to her own room when her sibling's born).
With the need to change this habit, I've agreed that she could sleep with us once a week and when Papa's going away for the trip - which she had been looking forward to, oblivious to the fact that she'd miss him during his absence from home, hahaha.
This trip, initially to be made on the Christmas' Eve, was delayed til this weekend, and for the same reasons as thought through earlier and perhaps an additional - my tummy's gotten bigger, haha, both Renee and I stayed back...
Last night, before Papa got home, I reminded Renee the 'reality' of having her wishes come true - sleeping with us(me) means that her Papa would be away from home and that she'd surely miss him. That finally got her thinking and she said to me "mummy, why you tell me the sad thing?", hahaha. At bedtime, I guess she must have thought that he'd be leaving in the morning, she had requested for an extra night on our bed and waking up this morning, looking alittle panic when she didn't see Papa beside her, :).
When Papa finally left home this afternoon, she pouted but didn't cry though... And soon, the idea of Papa not being around was forgotten, lolz. To further distract her, I 'sacrifice' my needed nap and played/read with her, and her play with our helper after dinner was certainly helpful.
When it was time for our helper to turn-in, she asked for bread and wouldn't 'give up' even after her supper. Seeing that they were still chatting in the room and feeling hungry myself, I asked our helper to cook us a pack of instant noodle and Renee was overjoyed, like it's some kind of rare delicacy, hahaha. As it's the first time she's eating it with its accompanied seasoning, she shared it heartily with me and had drank a whole cup of water due to its 'saltish-ness'(only put in 1/2 pkt of the seasoning) and had ended up feeling bloated, hahaha.
She's still not willing to go to bed, sitting beside me, even at this moment as I'm typing and had insisted that I fulfilled our pact - to look at all the albums of her baby/toddler photos, :D.
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