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Avoiding bedtime

One thing a two year old will try to do is manipulate you into conceding to a later bedtime. Even if this never or almost never works, the two year old will grasp at any straw they can in order to delay having to go to sleep. Often Dash’s distractions of choice are “I want bunny,” “I need water” and “I need towel please!”
Tonight’s was a particular gem as he yelled at Ian “I want broccoli! I neeeeeed broccoli!”