MyThreeDaughters

Rosebud has shown no signs in her first three years of being a Cooperator.

She resists, by screaming, having her diaper changed, getting into the car seat, getting out of the car seat, putting clothes on, taking clothes off, eating.

Now, she’s got a new method.

Sitting down to read books before bed, she first stalled by refusing to choose one. So I picked one for her.

“You can’t read that,” she said. “It’s locked.”

Locked? Holy cow, well, I’ll pick another one.

“That one’s locked, too,” she said.

As I reached for a third, she announced, “All the books are locked.”

Oh my, all the books are locked? Well, I guess I’ll just put you right in the crib, since we can’t read any books.

She didn’t pause.

“We can read this book,” she said, grabbing one quickly. “I have the key.”

So she unlocked the book and we read it. I asked if I could get a copy of the key, but apparently not – there’s some sort of finger-print scanner in the key that prevents anyone but her from using it.