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Then bedtime came. He didn't want to go to bed. I put him to bed and once again, my dad and grandmother telling us that he's crying. Yes, we know, we can hear him. They can't comprehend how we can let him cry for a little bit before he goes to sleep. Why don't we take him out, why don't we sit with him til he falls asleep, etc. Hello? Yes, i know that my parents bedtime routine with me was to let me crawl around the floor until 11pm or so til I collapsed because they couldn't stand to let me cry ever, but I am not going to do that. He let's out a couple of cries for maybe five minutes and its okay!! My dad had to leave my house because he said that he can't sit through it, he would just take the kid out of the crib already.

They also got upset that we put my son in time out when he hit his friend. They didn't think that it was fair that my son got punished when he hit the other kid and that the other kid wasn't punished when he hit my son. Hello?? I can't punish the other child! I can't just let my son whack or punch another kid because the other kid's parents don't discipline him! I knew my son was tired since he doesn't usually act that way with his friends around me but its not an excuse. Just because he's tired doesn't give him the right to hit people. He can cry, he can pound his fists at the ground, he can kick a ball, but he can't hit anyone!

So, this trip is already wearing me thin. Toddlers are hard enough as it is but now I'm fighting my parents on top of it. Ugh! I can only be thankful that I only have a couple more days to go!!!