Tag: independence

Mommy: “Which one do you want? The pink one or the blue one?”

Baby: “No.”

Mommy: “Look how nice they both are…you can have one – the pink or the blue one”

Baby: “Nooooooooo”

This was the scene behind our front door the other morning as we headed out to the playground. Since it’s cold here most of the summer, I was trying to get the little one to choose which coat to wear since not wearing one did not seem like a viable option…it was (or at least felt like) 50 degrees outside.

The “no” went on for some time until she managed to actually choose the pink one. It was funny, too. She just all of a sudden, in the most reasonable tone said, “pink” and let me put it on her. Then she was all excited to get zipped up. Off to the playground we went and I was already exhausted.

At what point is it OK to just let her walk outside and be cold so that she’ll ASK for her coat?!?

photo credit: Lars Plougmann