At 3, she is already demanding. Not in the 'damn that kid is a brat' way..well at least not to outsiders...but at home - this kid wants back rubs and foot rubs and wants her nails done and her hair to be beautiful.
The massages are what kills me. She will plop down next to me and throw her feet up onto my lap & say 'rub my feet, please'. She says please, how can I not listen to her demands?
The moment I quit rubbing her feet, she coughs and moves her foot so I will start back up. WTF, kid? You're 3! It only gets better..
This morning, as I lay in bed, dozing in and out of sleep, she crawls in next to me. She puts her face into mine and says, 'I nuv you, mymom' - apraxia translation: I love you, Mommy. My heart melts.. Then she says, 'wub my ba pease' (rub my back please)... So I start rubbing her back, she pulls away, pulls her shirt up to her shoulders and lays back down. I mean, yea, I get it - it feels better on your skin then thru your shirt..so I start over, gently rubbing her back, hoping she'll fall back to sleep.
Turns out, I fall back to sleep. Not for long, though. Bryleigh starts floudering around, like a fish out of water It startles me a bit and I open my eyes. At this point, I don't totally grasp what happened, but Bryleigh lifts her head ever so slightly and says 'mom, wub my ba'.
I began to rub her back, putting myself back to sleep. Again, I feel Bryleigh popping around & wake up...this happens a few more times and I realize, she's flopping around like a fish to make me start 'tickling' her back again. I mean, come on...can mommy go back to sleep.
She annoys me to the point of hysterics. I can't help but laugh when she does this, so yes, I know her demandingness is probably my fault, but really, when something so tiny is that demanding, you can't help but get a kick out of her spirit!
Continue to demand what you want, Bryleigh Noelle, just make sure you don't hurt anyone in your quest to run the show!
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