Trust

He said he wanted to wear underwear to bed last night.¬† I almost pushed for a pull-up, but thought “What’s the big deal?¬† Its just a wet sheet/bedliner to wash tomorrow.¬† Its probably time to change his sheets anyway.”

Then I heard someone get up at 6am and pee the longest pee I have heard in a long time.¬† When I got up at 7am, I checked his bed….dry.¬† I found him playing in the basement…wearing dry underwear.

I guess the boy does know what he’s doing.¬† Sure, I doubted him, but I was able to let him make his own decision in the end.¬† Next time I will trust him right off the bat.

When I was sick as a little girl, my Mom used to say “Only you know how you feel.¬† If you are too sick to go to school, then you should stay home.” ¬† Sometimes I did, sometimes I didn’t.¬† But I usually made the call myself.¬† Instead of growing up into a slacker, I grew up into the complete opposite.¬† I would have to XDR TB before I would stay home now. ¬† I guess the lesson here is, when the kid is ready, have them take ownership of their decisions.¬† If they have skin in the game, they will do better and ultimately make better decisions.

 **update**

So, today Pookie and Geetle are spending the day with Mamaw and Papaw, goofing off.¬† Mamaw follows our rules, when she is on the clock she is the babysitter, not the Grandma.¬† But sometimes, if there is a little bit of ocassional leeway on a rule,¬†we let Pookie take it with her, not with us.¬† Its one of the perks of being “Grandma babysitter.”¬† For example, I did not say anything this morning as she got him ready to leave.¬† She asked him if he wanted to wear a pull-up today, because they had a 45 minute car ride ahead of them.¬† Guess what our little man said?¬† “No.¬† No pull-up.¬† Underwear.”¬† So, off they went.¬† I haven’t heard how the day is going…but its going on in underwear, that’s for sure.¬†

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