It felt incredibly selfish and ogre-like to do that to my DD when she was little-- but honestly, my sanity couldn't take what she was capable of dishing out without those little breaks in the noise.

So I think I did the right thing for us both-- even if it felt like a desperate survival strategy at the time. wink

Books. DD loved to spend quiet time with BOOKS. She also had a leap pad and headphones at about 2yo, and that was a real life-saver, too.

Schrödinger's cat walks into a bar. And doesn't.