It is very natural that parents devise all kind of strategies to handle the kids. Some coated honey on the bottle tits to entice the baby to drink milk, some pretended that they have ran out of coins to slot into the kiddy rides; most often, we try to stop their nonsense by distracting them with another object.

When only one parent is involved in such “treachery”, the young ones most probably wouldn’t find anything amiss. However, when both parents start giving each other ideas on how to handle the sticky whinny situations, we often fail to realise the kid is no longer a baby, she most probably understands the evil plans we are carrying out.

Very often, I caught myself telling James “Bring her out for a walk so I can get some peace, but don’t let her goes near the playground.”, “Don’t let her watch anymore Hi5, tell her the DVD is spoilt.”, “Tell her she will get an ice-cream if she finishes her food. She would have forgotten about the ice-cream by then.”, “Quickly, finished that cookie while she turns her head around.”…etc. I didn’t realise myself scheming so blatantly in front of the kid until James reminded me that Yauyau is already past 2yrs old, she understands what I am talking about.

It was a big shock, I have told so many lies in front of her, fully exposed. I guess the scheming shall continue, but perhaps more skillfully administered…heh.