Texican,
I mostly decided to do the review in my blog because I've been meaning to write it for a few days... and also because if I post a bunch of thoughts here and go write it there, it will sound very similar and the all-mighty search engines will see my blog post as "stolen" content which is very bad. And I think I deleted it before anyone read it, but I'm not 100% sure.
But besides that...
On the "annoying pest days" theory, I definitely think it is true. DH and I read the five love languages and it suggests that you have to try to keep your partner's "love tank" full. For awhile there we would use that same language. Inevitably, when one of us got 'low', we'd start arguing more and act unhappy. Spending time together and feeling loved usually fixed it. (Well my love language is quality time and his is appreciation, so when we gave one another those things. Now we seem to have no time for that stuff. ;-( )
We went to my in laws a few weeks ago and everyone was paying attention to DD. I could tell her 4 year old cousin was jealous and when his mom came home (she works a lot and goes out a lot) he started acting up because all he wanted was some alone time with her. I could see it, but at the time, she couldn't. She just kept reprimanding him for acting up and he eventually cried. I think it is harder to see what is going on when you are inside the situation.
When I have another child and DD is waking that baby up repeatedly, I don't know what I'll do. I suspect it won't be playful parenting, though.. It will probably just be a strict rule about letting the baby sleep. Annnnd... I'll let ya know how that works out! Ha.
Last edited by islandofapples; 02/04/12 10:20 PM.
