devious Mummy and her complicated machinations

[deird1]

Last night, after half an hour of trying to get a shrieking child to sleep, I grabbed his soft toy lion, and informed the kidlet that Lion needed to go to sleep.

Lion then snuggled down on the kidlet's chest, made a few snuffly noises, and then started snoring. I pointed out that Lion snored just like Daddy, but in lionese ("RAA-pheeeeew... RAA-pheeeeew..."), and asked the kidlet to stay very quiet, so we didn't wake him up again.

A few minutes later, Lion wanted to lie down in bed, but was a bit worried about lying there alone, so the kidlet was very friendly and lay down with him so that he wouldn't feel lonely...

Comments

[velvetwhip]

Who's a clever Mommy? You are!


Gabrielle

[deird1]

Hee! Thanks! I try.

[vass]

That is brilliant.

[deird1]

*bows*

[petzipellepingo]

Nicely sneaky.

[deird1]

Thanks!

[nenya_kanadka]

OMG. This is adorable. Also, I am stealing it next time I have babysittees to get to sleep...

[deird1]

Glad to help... :)

[immer_am_lesen]

Remind me how old the kidlet is, now?
Have done similar things with our sprogs- it's amazing how much they will BELIEVE that their toys are REAL, can eat, talk, move independently. Very handy, I've found, when it comes to fussy eating- if Rabbit goes "mmm, this is YUMMY, can I eat yours too?", then suddenly "No, it's miiiine!", and the food disappears. :-)

[deird1]

He's nine months old. And yes - it's amazing how vivid the imaginary world is for him. Rather fun to watch.

[curiouswombat]

Well done you!

[deird1]

*bows*

[kerkevik_2014]

Sounds like a wonderful way of teaching him to care about others as well.

I approve this message :-)

(Been watching too many US Presidential (as in non-Republican tv)

kerk

[deird1]

Excellent side-benefit, yes. :)

(Love your icon.)

[frayadjacent]

hooray! (I assume this has a happy ending.)

[deird1]

Yay!