How to Successfully Get Your Toddler into a Car in 40 Steps

1. Begin preparations around two hours prior to your car outing, initiating the process of dressing your toddler.
2. Gently introduce clothing options while making the process seem enjoyable and engaging.
3. Your toddler recalls their fondness for hide and seek, sparking their interest.
4. Utilize a sensible choice strategy: gently suggest they can come to you for a pleasant dressing experience, or you can come to them for a less pleasant one.
5. Acknowledge that devising effective choices for Love and Logic strategies is a challenge for you.
6. Your toddler suddenly remembers the rainbow band-aid their sibling received weeks ago.
7. Frantically, they search their body for any potential injury.
8. They discover a minor redness on their finger after an exaggerated squeeze.
9. They declare a need for a rainbow band-aid on their now “injured” finger.
10. You remind yourself of your commitment to being a “reasonable parent” with “solid boundaries” and respond, “You don’t need a band-aid right now.”
11. Your toddler embarks on the Rainbow Band-aid Campaign, which becomes loud and relentless.
12. You feel your energy drain as you endure this campaign.
13. Your boundaries begin to dissolve.
14. Moments later, your toddler emerges from the bathroom adorned with 15 varied band-aids on different body parts.
15. You convince yourself this is an adorable expression of independence.
16. Your toddler suddenly identifies as a puppy and begins barking.
17. Excitedly, you remind your “puppy” to put on their clothes, recalling that puppies can be obedient!
18. The puppy game captures their interest, and they almost finish dressing before declaring their shirt too heavy.
19. They then start removing all of their clothes instead.
20. In a moment of desperation, you attempt to wrestle your toddler into their outfits, resulting in tears from both of you.
21. With your bag packed, you make your way toward the stairs.
22. You remember your toddler’s dislike for being carried down the stairs since yesterday.
23. Upon reaching the top of the stairs, your toddler decides their legs have stopped working.
24. They begin to cry because you aren’t carrying them, prompting you to lift them.
25. Suddenly, they recall their love for ice cream and Grandma and demand both immediately.
26. You calmly explain that ice cream isn’t a breakfast food and Grandma lives far away.
27. Your toddler angrily informs you that you’re in big trouble and will have to face a timeout.
28. Feeling a bit intimidated, you quickly realize you only have five minutes left to get moving, reminding yourself that you shouldn’t fear a two-year-old.
29. As you attempt to carry your toddler down the stairs, they express that your arms feel like a thousand independence-suppressing knives.
30. Ultimately, your toddler walks to the car, albeit indignantly.
31. They insist on climbing into the car independently.
32. However, due to the muddy state of the vehicle, you are forced to pick up your flailing toddler and secure them in their car seat.
33. By the time you reach the driver’s seat, the tears have ceased.
34. Your toddler now identifies as a Baby Mermaid and insists you compliment their cuteness and shiny tail.
35. They express curiosity about how cats function.
36. Suddenly, they declare the sunlight blinding.
37. They request you sing “The Wheels on the Bus.”
38. As you start to sing, your toddler commands you to stop, frustration evident in their tone.
39. You place your head on the steering wheel, feeling a minor crack in your already fragile parental psyche.
40. You reflect on the monumental effort it took to get into the car: it feels as if you’ve scaled countless mountains and navigated impossible negotiations, yet you’ve successfully achieved your goal.

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