Every night, when I put Em to bed, she always asks if I want to play the quiet game. I always tell her I am already playing the quiet game. Of course, she then launches into this (while I'm an laying on her pillow, half asleep and trying not to laugh my head off!):
"OK, ready, go, -TIMEOUT- We can whisper to each other -TIMEIN-(whispers)You can whisper to me and I can whisper to you and that's OK. OK? -TIMEOUT- We can make the sound, 'Eek, eek'. We can make the sound, 'SWISH.' We can make the sound, "Kack, Kack, Kack." (so loud my ears ring!)-TIMEIN-'Kack, Kack, Kack,' (whispers) Mommy, you can make the 'Kack' sound too!"
Now, this can go on and on and on. I only gave you a brief sampling of the "quiet" game. In all honestly, I don't think I've ever heard of this game before. When I taught it to them, the first person who made any kind of a peep lost. Then, out of nowhere, comes this Timeout/Timein thing. I mentioned this to T one night and this very sheepish grin appeared on his face. "Oh, I might have taught them that the other night!" Why do I even bother to let him put them to bed!
I decided tonight to leave when Em finally got to the, "OK, you win, I lose, you were quiet and I talked so I am the loser....." I just couldn't take it anymore! And the worst part about it, she absolutely LOVES this game!!
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Do you put them down every night? Abbey still goes to sleep each night after we tuck her in here to a Disney cd story. She loves them...wonder when she'll get too big for them!
What a sweet tradition to have with your child - bet she passes it on to her children - in the far far future of course.
Yes, we both put them to bed each night. We have the best conversations at night, so we try not to miss them!
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