01/25/03
Two days ago in the evening, for some small reason, Lily got upset and threw herself onto the floor. Then she started crying. These days, whatever I try, it doesn’t seem to have much effect to correct this bad habit. And I am afraid if I try any harder I'd spank her every time. And that might have other bad effect, since I don’t want her to think that I don’t love her anymore. It seems I had to spank her more often than before since Nana was born. So I decided to try something different this time.
It so happened that I was just about to pump some milk for Naniko when Lily started her show. Knowing how much Lily likes to switch on the pump for me, I called her to come and help me. She got up from the floor immediately; came to me; pushed my hands away from the switch with the authority of an expert; and switched on the pump. THEN, she turned around; walked back to her old spot; went down on her knees; and getting ready to cry again.
I was quite surprised at first, since I thought the old show should be over when she stood up. Knowing there was nothing much I could do to stop her, I switched off the pump, making another attempt to get her attention. She responded. She turned around and looked at me with disapproval (I could almost hear her saying “What’s wrong with you?”). Then she stood up again; walked to me; switched on the pump; turned around and walked back to her old spot; getting on her knees again and started crying. This time, I couldn’t help burst out laughing. I laughed so hard that Lily got surprised. She looked at me with puzzled eyes. I saw her looking at me, so I kept on laughing. Lily stopped crying, looked at me for a while, and then she started laughing with me.
I stretched out my arms to her with a big smile and said “Come to Mommy, my dear.” And she got up and ran to me with joy. That’s how the show ends.
Ha ha ha…
