I've been putting Melissa to bed lately. I offer to rock her first, which she usually refuses violently, then yells her indignation at me as I leave and for long minutes afterwards.
This is uncharacteristic of her in other situations; she's generally much more aware than her brother that you catch more Daddies with honey than with vinegar.
The other night she applied this to bedtime. I put her in bed, and she asked, "Wok, Da'." [Rock, Dad]
So I rocked her.
Then I put her in bed and she asked, "Nuhdoh, Da'." [Snuggle]
So I snuggled next to her for a minute.
Then when I left she yelled anyway. Oh, well.
Update: Tonight I put her down twice. The first time we rocked and snuggled. The second time, she was be-bopping around so I ducked in to tuck her back in the bed. "Nughdoh!" she demanded. "No, I already snuggled you. Night night." I left. On my way out she commanded, "Way! Stop!" [Wait! Stop] but I left anyway.
Then she yelled. But only briefly.
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