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Sometimes she's the pretend baby bunny, and sometimes I am.
If I am, she's either being a "good parent" (in my eyes) and giving naps and time-outs, and occasional hugs-with-strictness ("Oh, I'm sorry, but you STILL have a time-out for hitting. That's not nice, you know.") or she's being a good parent in her eyes and giving tons of (pretend) ice cream and cookies and candies to the baby bunny.
But occasionally, she's the pretend baby bunny. And there's only one scenario here. She does something wrong. She tells me to give her a time-out. I do - and then she runs around and defiantly proclaims that she WILL NOT sit down, WILL NOT take a time-out, and WILL keep doing whatever-it-is she pretended to do in the first place.
...
She doesn't do this in real life, you know, so I can see what's going on here. It's boring and a little annoying, but mostly harmless so long as she remembers that she can't do that unless it's just pretend.
If I am, she's either being a "good parent" (in my eyes) and giving naps and time-outs, and occasional hugs-with-strictness ("Oh, I'm sorry, but you STILL have a time-out for hitting. That's not nice, you know.") or she's being a good parent in her eyes and giving tons of (pretend) ice cream and cookies and candies to the baby bunny.
But occasionally, she's the pretend baby bunny. And there's only one scenario here. She does something wrong. She tells me to give her a time-out. I do - and then she runs around and defiantly proclaims that she WILL NOT sit down, WILL NOT take a time-out, and WILL keep doing whatever-it-is she pretended to do in the first place.
...
She doesn't do this in real life, you know, so I can see what's going on here. It's boring and a little annoying, but mostly harmless so long as she remembers that she can't do that unless it's just pretend.
