Apologize...

So, we had a rough night last night with our three year old. Our schedules were a bit off because Grandma is visiting for a few days. Avalon was super hyper and didn't want to go to bed. We finally put her in our bed and she cried and kicked, but finally fell asleep.

Two times in the middle of the night she woke up (I think with a bad dream.) She was yelling at me and kicking and "running" under the covers. I woke up with her both times and she was crying. I thought she might need to go to the bathroom, so I took her. She was mad and kept yelling "NO!". I was frustrated because Grandma needed her sleep. She was waking the whole house up. It was upsetting and I kept trying to reason with her and really was losing my temper. (Why do I bother trying to reason with a three year old?) She kept crying.

I finally just put her back to bed with us. She kept whimpering and wouldn't go back to sleep. The words came into my head of what I should say to her. "I love you, Avalon. I'm sorry I got angry." I didn't want to say the words--can we say prideful? Then, I recognized that it was a SGBD moment. So, I reached over, rubbed her back a minute and said just was the spirit told me to say. She whimpered one more time and went to sleep.

We both woke up happy and ready for a new day.