If You Can Articulate That . . . . .

Recently as I was loading my 2 year old into the car for church she looked me straight in the eye and said, "Mama, I need my blankie so that I can cry in the nursery." 

My reply,  "Honey, if you can articulate your needs that well, this far in advance, at this this age  . . . then you most certainly do NOT need a blankie for the nursery."

Tough love

A few days later we another conversation that did not go well for her . . . . "Mama, I'm poopy."  So upstairs we trot only to find a dry [cloth] diaper.

Me, "Sweet Pea, you're not poopy."

Her, "I know, but I want to poop in a disposable diaper."

Me, "If you can articulate that need and desire at this age, then it most certainly time for you start using the potty."  Believe it or not, she made it quite clear that this reply did not please her.