Another Thing I Never Thought I’d Do
Is parenting one long string of “I swore I’d never do/say that”? Sometimes it feels like it. Yesterday I locked up the books in Drake’s room. He stopped napping a while back, and instead would page through many of his books. But he’s been sick and slow to recover, and I suspected that he needed the rest more than the reading. So I locked his book closet and removed other distractions from his room. Lo and behold, he slept. I know better, though, than to exult over a one-time occurrence. I did it again today, and he has been singing for 25 minutes.