Bribery works!

I am not too proud to admit that we totally bribed our son to stay in bed yesterday! We promised him a trip to Target, complete with pretzel, lemonade and a toy, but only if he stayed in his bed the whole night. And he did, mostly.

He got up twice, but Diesel & I decided they were both good enough reasons so they didn't count against him. First, he came into our bedroom and said "Mama, room too hot. Jamas wet." His room was, in fact, VERY warm and his pajamas were, in fact, wet (he had spilled his water on them somehow). So I changed his pajamas, arranged the A/C to blow in his room, put him back in bed & reminded him of the deal.

30 minutes later I hear little feet. "Mama?" asked a little voice "Me go potty?" Any potty training parent knows you can't argue with that request, even when you know they're playing you, so up on the potty he went, did his business, new diaper and into bed.

I didn't see him again until 5 am! I call that a success!!!

As we were getting ready, Diesel thanked Little Man for sleeping so well and Little Man very matter of factly replied "Pretzel. Lemmyade. Toy."