My kids love their sleep, but they like staying up with mom and dad even better! My daughter is especially notorious for calling us in with a myriad of excuses, and they make us chuckle. I put together a list of the top 20 excuses she's come up with in the last little while. I know there are some other hilarious lists out there, and I'm sure your
little ones have come up with some really good ones, too! Share them
with us, because we love having a good laugh!
- “I need to pee.” You.literally.just.peed. But okay, so we pee. Toddler forces a drop of pee out to prove her honesty.
- “I missed you.” It’s hard to say no to this one, but stay
strong. Send that kid back to bed!
- “What are you and dad doing?” Waiting for you to fall asleep. Seriously.
Go back to bed.
- “I’m hungry.” That’s because you refused to finish your
vegetables at dinner. I told you you’d
be hungry later! In your toddler face (you can tell I'm a super-mature mom)!
- “I’m thirsty.” Sometimes I wish I could hook you up to an IV
that would provide for all your nutritional and hydration needs.
- “I saw something.” Bless your heart for calling me in to tell me
that.
- “But you and daddy are still
awake.” Yes, yes we are. When you’re old enough to drive a car, you
can join us.
- “I lost my <fill in favourite
lovey here>.” You mean the one that’s
right above your head? Do they make
stuffed animal leashes? Can I tie this
blanket to your wrist so you don’t lose it again?
- “It’s too hot.” That’s probably because you’ve buried
yourself in a mound of blankets and stuffed animals.
- “It’s too cold.” And now we’re Goldilocks, are we? What is the optimal thermostat-slash-pajama
combo that will allow you to achieve perfect homeostasis for sleep?!
- “There’s a monster under the
bed/in the closet.” You should probably deal carefully this one. You know, to save you the counseling fees later on in life.
- “It’s too dark.” We have the night
light turned on, remember? Toddler
remembers, but could obviously care less.
- “It’s too light.” The evil cousin of, “It’s too dark.” Often used in the summer when the sun doesn’t
go down until much too late.
- “I need to pee. Again.”
Yes. Again. Sometimes potty-trained toddlers can be such
jerks.
- “I forgot to tell you about
<fill in mundane detail of toddler’s day here>.” If you can’t convince your toddler to tell
you about it in the morning, nod your head, affirm with, “Hmm, that’s
great,” and get your butt out of there.
- “We forgot to read <insert name
of the longest bedtime storybook you own>.”
Sorry, mommy forgot. And by
forgot, I mean that I buried the book in the back of the closet so you never
select it as your 30-minute bedtime story ever again.
- “My tummy hurts.” Could be legitimate. Or it might not be. But, a little tummy rub never killed anyone.
- “I slept yesterday, so I’m not
tired today.” Ha, if only life worked
like that! I could work 3 full-time jobs
and be rolling in the dough.
- “I had a bad dream.” This is literally impossible, because you
haven’t actually fallen asleep yet.
- “You forgot to kiss me
goodnight.” In the midst of all the good
night hugs and cuddles, I have inadvertently forgotten your goodnight
kiss! Shame on me.
What excuses does your toddler use to delay bedtime? Share your best excuses with us. We'd love to laugh (cry?) along with you!
No comments:
Post a Comment