Meet: Demanding Child and the One Who Does Her Bidding

June 13, 2015 by Adrienne

Since traveling to South Dakota and home again, Ellie has been a bear. Naps have been scattered and much fought and bedtime is a screamfest. She hates her bed, she wants to sleep with someone else, and she’s a determined sort in her fury when she doesn’t get exactly what she wants.

I’m pretty sure this doesn’t help. I took this photo one night at my parents.

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And this one… here, since we’ve been home.

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It’s all Liberty’s fault. She’s a big softie and can’t handle making Ellie cry. Now… she’s created a monster.

About Adrienne

A homeschooling mother of eight, ages 15 and under, she chronicles life, laughs, struggles, and lessons learned as she raises a larger-than-most sized family and tries to figure out what she's doing day by day.

Comments

Charlotte Moore says
June 14, 2015 at 5:58 am

Ut oh!!! She is spoiled to sleeping with someone.
- Adrienne says
  June 18, 2015 at 9:09 am
  
  She is! Seven kids in and NOW we start spoiling them?!
Kirsten Pankratz says
June 14, 2015 at 3:51 pm

But it is so sweet. There’s nothing like siblings loving each other. Liberty will make a great mama to her own some day…..as long as she learns to put her foot down a little. 🙂
- Adrienne says
  June 18, 2015 at 9:08 am
  
  She’ll learn soon enough what this soft heart of hers creates if she doesn’t put her foot down! Yesterday she asked someone else to lay Ellie down for a nap when I said Liberty could only lay Ellie down and then she must walk away and let Ellie put herself to sleep. Oh my, she couldn’t handle not being able to rock her to sleep.