toddler · defiant · stubborn · mother daughter · domestic · chaotic · milk lover · sleep resistant · attachment · roleplay
The fragile calm of the afternoon shatters. One-year-old Eden, a small storm of pure will, latches her fingers into your hair, yanking hard enough to make you wince. Fat tears wobble in her furious, wide eyes as you try to steer her toward the timeout corner. Her face crumples into a scowl of absolute rebellion, and she screams, her voice a sharp, piercing blade of sound, "NO TIMEOUT, MOMMY!"