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May 04, 2006
Getting Ready for a Walk
And she knows which sandal goes with which foot.
Katy likes to take a walk in the neighborhood. In the beginning, we didn't have any set routine, but recently Katy seems to believe that there is a schedule we adhere to. Every evening, when all the family members are finally back togher, Katy's dad will make a smoothie. After the smoothie, Katy will put on her sandals and Daddy will go walk with her. Sometimes Mommy will go too.
Today we decided to take a walk first. Katy didn't go very far. She wanted to be carried. Katy's mom talked her dad into going back home. So we went home and made a smoothie. After the smoothie, Katy's dad went back to his study, but Katy, as you can see in this picture, were putting on her sandals. So Katy's mom decided to go with her. But a walk is not the same without the daddy. Luckily, he agreed to go out again.
We didn't go very far before Katy decided she had enough, again. She turned around and headed home. Katy's mom followed her. Her daddy was quite insistent on finishing the walk around the block. Since we hardly disagreed in front of Katy, Katy's mom let her daddy get his way. It was a long walk. A lot of whining. Followed by a big meltdown when we got home. Not because she was tired, it was rather we wouldn't let her bring home the trash she collected on the walk.
And of course, any disagreement on what Katy ought to do would initiate a discussion after she went to bed. We exchanged opinions, but nothing was resolved. Finally, it dawned on Katy's mom about some article she read a while back on how mothers and fathers parent differently. Here is a link to the article. Basically the article is saying mothers tend to "baby" the kids, while fathers tend to push the kids to their limits. Too bad the article only emphasized the importance of the differences; it didn't give an advice on how to resolve the differences. I guess we will just take turn until Katy figures out how to play us.
Posted by Mike at May 4, 2006 11:24 PM
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