Emma is definitely testing her ground. She is more defiant and keeps testing us all the time. I guess it's about time she gives us a hard time but it can be trying at times. I definitely yell more for bad behavior and I hate that. She had a real hard time being dropped off at daycare recently. She had been going to the daycare for 2 and half years and just now gives me a hard time leaving her. She didn't even have a hard time transitioning to preschool and now a few months later she does. On July 26th she pretty much screamed from the moment I woke her up to the moment I left her at daycare. I figured I have to figure out why this is happening and quite by accident found out that is she eats breakfast at home without being rushed she has no problem when I leave her at daycare. So now, I make sure she has a good breakfast at home and so far for the last two weeks no crying when I leave. I guess she just needs some mommy time and a nice breakfast in the morning...no eating cereal in the car or eating breakfast at daycare for this little lady!We finally figured out how to get Emma to go to sleep on her own without us having to stay by her until she fell asleep. We have been doing that since she had really bad nightmares and kept seeing ghosts and monsters in her room. It turned out all we needed was a nightgown! Who knew a princess nightgown would be the key to Emma going to bed on her own? She begged me for one at the store (previously wore 2 piece PJs) but I told her only big girls who go to sleep on their own wear them and she said she is a big girl and will sleep on her own and she ACTUALLY did! It is still working. All she wants is her twilight turtle that shines stars on the ceiling and her polish lullaby and she is good. Of course that means she sometimes sneaks out of her room looking for excuses not to go to bed such as "I am hungry - we fell for it a few times but not more) and we have to go tell her to go back to bed a few times but it is working well.
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Yeah, they get smart that way... This is about the time that Nia also figured out how to tell little fibs ("yes, I washed my hands after using the toilet") but luckily she's not very convincing so we can usually tell!
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