Little girls

Lesson: do not go to bed leaving a child upset (or an adult for that matter).

Story:
Daughter just decided to cry with no reason tonight. Sulked and cried more when I asked her what was wrong. Closed her mouth shut and didnt wanted to talk. Told her not to be silly and stop crying already. Still continued crying. So I told her to cry it out if that would make her feel better. And let me know when she was done sobbing. 5 mins later, she asks for the ipad (its friday night, ie ipad night). Gave her but she was still sulking. Refused to talk to us. So I thought I better work on her abit if not everyone would go to bed upset.

What I did...After giving her the ipad, I joined her, asking what she was watching, discussed the clips that she wanted to show me, listened to her imaginary stories and laughed /joked / cuddled abit. By this time (probably 10mins later), she was laughing out loud as if the crying episode nvr happened.

Gave her a hug and told her its time for bed. She happily tugged herself in and slept with a smile.

Am glad that despite a horrible day at work, still had enought EQ to abstain from starting a scolding episode with the  darling girl. Still do not know what went wrong earlier that ticked her into a whole sobbing episode. Probably just lack of attention.. haha.. so well.. just sharing and reminding myself at the same time.

Yay to a great weekend :)