Discipline of the Boobie Variety

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Originally Posted by glatt

we're not judging either of you.

(Actually, I was, a little. But just in my head. And I think Jinx might have been too. And we all know Sundae's feelings about kids right out of the gate... But for the most part, we weren't judging.)

Flint, they aren't gonna want to stay next to mom forever. After a very short time they start to want to explore their independence. They will demand their own bed. They are also easily confounded with a bit of slight of hand. They act like they know what is going on, but they really have no clue.

It's easy to fool them into thinking that their own bed is some special, off limits thing that they must be kept from. You will have them in tears, begging to have their own bed, but timing is everything. If you try to force it and it becomes a test of wills, you will lose even if you win.

Remember diplomacy is the art of telling a man to go to hell in such a way that he is looking forward to making the trip. It's the same with kids.

But you do need your sleep and the road ain't the place for it, even if Juniper insists "Why does it matter where you sleep, as long as you sleep?"