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Well that anxiety phase passed pretty quickly, she does not bat an eye when mommy leaves or comes home which really helps.
Today I went to put our little one down for a nap, had a normal routine day to this point. And like another routine, just like when you get up in the morning, before the nap, after dinner and again before bed we brush our teeth. Now today she was not appearing anymore tired than normal, no fussing or crying. We go up stairs to brush our teeth and have a bottle/nap and all hell breaks loose.
I put her to bed for her nap the same time everyday, and alot of times she'll come up to me and tell me she is sleepy before we even go up. Anyway so today we go upstairs to brush and she refuses. I usually let her start off brushing her teeth then I take over to get all the places she's missed. She was having none of it. She started to cry once we entered the bathroom and was asking for her bottle. I told her that she could have the bottle once we brush our teeth (i also brush to show a good example), but she was very upset. The funny part when I repeated the phrase "we need to brush our teeth and then we can have a bottle" she grab the toothbrush and put in her mouth for .1 seconds and threw it on the floor and asked for her bottle again. Now at this point, should I just drop the subject and give her the bottle or continue on the path?
For the record, I did ask her again to brush her teeth, which she refused, so I gave her the bottle and put her down for a nap. After she got up from her nap she happily brushed her teeth. Any input into this. Good/bad? She has become alot more independant lately so I just assume it is that.
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