Taking Candy From a Baby

This afternoon, Detrick was such a great boy! He asked if he could watch a show, and when I said no, he responded in a funny way. He said, "Fine, if we don't... I mean- Okay, Mom." 

To understand what is happening here, you must first understand that lately Detrick has been using my own bribery methods against me. For instance, I will say, "Detrick, if you do not pick up the planes, then we will not get out Candy Land." So lately when he asks to do something and I say no or maybe later, he says, "Fine. If you don't let me (insert fun thing here), then I won't play (insert another fun thing here) with you." I have told him on several occasions that this sounds VERY sassy and he really needs to not "threaten" his Mama anymore. So today when I said we were not watching a show, he almost did this again, but instead decided to change his response to a simple "okay, Mom" with a smile on his face.

I was so proud of him for making such a good choice. He really is a smart kid and makes good choices very often. So since he was such a sweet boy, I told him we could get a sucker or two for a reward!

Well, then he thought maybe Jude should have a lick or two.

Jude ended up really, really loving the sucker!

So they sat there for a minute, sucking on suckers and being the cutest two boys in the world.

But then I thought, a sucker is probably not the best thing for a 9 month old baby. So I decided to take it away from him. That is when I finally really understood the meaning of the saying, "It's like taking candy from a baby."

Sorry, Jude!!!!