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Life with a Ticking Time Bomb

Will it be a good morning? Hold your breath and wait to find out. I need to ask her to get ready for church. I feel so nervous, wondering if it will be an "Okay!" and get ready kind of day .. or an "I DON'T WANT TO!", shouting and door slamming kind of day. What will set her off? Asking her to brush her teeth? Floss? Go to the bathroom? (Oof. Don't suggest she peed her pants! You might as well frolick in a thunderstorm.) Maybe asking her to help with dishes will be the thing that sets her off today. Or simply asking her to let me nurse her brother in peace. "No interruptions unless it's a true emergency." Well, that goes in one ear and out the other every single day... actually, I'm not even sure it ever goes in one ear. I think it just bounces off her forehead. What will make her roll her eyes today? The crazy notion that she needs to consider eating a vegetable?...the one vegetable she will eat - raw carrots...and hardly any at all, I mig...
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The Negotiations Were NOT Short

10:00pm is not the time to get into a discussion... negotiation... argument... whatever you want to call it. The issue tonight? I told her she needed to put her book in the living room and not keep it in her room. She did not like that...to put it mildly. And now here we are, 40 freaking minutes later, and she's yelling at Dad while I blast Baby's sound machine loudly and nurse him and hope and pray her screaming doesn't wake him up. Just another normal night here. Ope, g2g. Baby's starting to wake up from her screaming and stomping.  A peaceful night is just wishful thinking. P.S. Yes, the title was a twist on a line from "The Phantom Menace". I like the Star Wars prequels. Yeah, I said it.
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