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Fucking hell, you're a trooper. An hour of story time each night?
Even with your caveat, that's still a long time!
Maxing out the library card is fantastic though. Go you!
It's always tough to balance giving them too much with giving them too little. I sometimes worry my eldest is a bit too sheltered (less so the youngest, because they get similar media experiences because it's not like I can separate their digital time).
Sometimes a bit of scary is good for them, because they have to grow and become prepared for the real world eventually.
My wife always says that we're raising them to be adults, not children.
It's just weird. He's always seemed advanced for his age so it messes with our idea of what he can handle.
By way of update, he's over it and last night we watched Monster House and he loved that. The confusion continues.
Now, if you've got any magic advice about dealing with bathroom procrastination and lying about needing to go, I'm all ears.
Sorry buddy - that's a bullet we thankfully dodged (just barely for our second one).
But if you need to know how to clean poop off a toddler's bedroom wall and to stop them doing it, I have a five point action plan and a powerpoint presentation.