Tonight while putting Cole to bed….
“Have a good sleep baby.”
“I will always be your baby Mommy. I can always wear a diaper!”
“No. You don’t wear a diaper now. But even when you are bigger than Daddy, and older than Papa, you will still be my baby – because I’m your Mommy.”
“Noooo. I don’t want to be your baby. I want to be your MAN!”
(Ha!)
“Yes. You will be a man, but you will also be my baby.”
Cole, we know, likes to know ahead of time how things are going to happen, so he can plan for them. This became extremely apparent today as we discussed, once again, NOT pushing his brother. He has been put in time out repeatedly (like 10 times in a day) for pushing Alex. Finally, I got fed up.
“Cole, things are going to be different now,” I said. I turned his face towards mine, showing how serious I was. “If you push Alex again, I will spank you. No more stairs. Just spanking.”
He paused, thinking. “Tomorrow Mommy, not today.”
“What?”
“Tomorrow. Spanking tomorrow. Not today.”
“What? What are you talking about?” I replied.
“So I have time to put all my pants on for the spanking.”
Yep. He’s a planner.