Parents are dumb!! [Long]

[Mamma_Mia]

If I didn't see this child be TIRED then I wouldn't care but today for example - by 9:30 she was getting just nasty. Screaming, growling & pulling at her hair.....I tried distractions, we were at the park and went for a walk then I tried the swings etc. anything but sleep just seemed to piss her off even more. So I gave her the soother & her bunny and she was out within 5min! She herself woke up in 45min at aprox 11:00am

We got home and ate lunch by 1pm she was getting cranky and yawning again. This time in her playpen, soother & bunny and she slept until 4:15 when I went in to wake her up! Dad arrived at 5:20 and she yawned 3 times while in his arms as they were leaving. She's tired!!

They just expect her to no longer wake up during the night so they can sleep SO they want to tire her out so much that she'll "knock out". I mean my 2.5yr DD still wakes up with terrors or something during the night (not every night but 3 our of 7 days for sure) so it's normal to expect a child of that age to wake up a few times too BUT if you cater to them they will PLAY you.

[fruitloop]

BUT if you cater to them they will PLAY you.

This part here is dead on! Even at 6 months old, a child knows what they want and how to get it. It's the parents that train their kids how to have bad sleep habits.