On the one hand, part of me thinks, take the twelve hours! My firstborn was a terrible sleeper and after that experience, sleep trumped all other concerns in our household.

However, one thing about said firstborn that I wish I’d had the experience to figure out sooner was that part of the reason he didn’t sleep was because he was very easily overstimulated. He had a very short window between fine and cranky, and if we missed it, sucked to be us. There were no cues. What we needed to do was not wait for cues, but we had no idea what we were doing. If she’s resisting, maybe try a bit earlier in the schedule, before she gets cranky?

Also, it’s worth checking with the doctor to see if they’d be worried about the 12 hour thing. If she’s eating well and staying on her charts, the doc may also tell you to enjoy your good sleeper.

Thirded! Also worked for us in a car seat.

My kids are older now but when they were young they liked:

Puffin Rock (Netflix in the US) - wholesome, family looking out for each other

Sarah and Duck (Amazon) - super low conflict, cute, very mild

Octonauts (Netflix I think?) - science-y adventure

We tried to get them into various PBS shows also. Daniel Tiger was okay, but now Bluey puts it to shame. They liked Dora for a while. We liked Molly of Denali but my husband is from Alaska so he had a soft spot for it. The older PBS shows are extremely formulaic which is attractive for a toddler but not for the parents.

We didn’t get Paw Patrol but it was kind of the forbidden fruit because of that, and whenever we were on vacation and the tv had cable, they wanted to watch it. But they also realized pretty fast that it was kind of boring. We stayed away from Peppa and Calliou because of what I’d read on Reddit.

This makes it sound like my kids watched a lot of tv! Probably too much to be honest but not as much as I’m making it sound.

Classic! The funny thing is, my daughter is not much of a skeptic, so I was kind of blown away! However, I do think she is extremely emotionally perceptive. My son is definitely more of the skeptic and would definitely say something like yours, lol.

My son did this, but he’s also the most chill kid and just kind of mentioned it the next day. He seemed pleased that he had figured it out, so I hope he wasn’t hiding true disappointment!

My daughter lost her first tooth at age six. The next morning, I went in to wake her up and she found her $5 under the pillow, at which point she looked me directly in the eyes and asked, “Mom, are you the tooth fairy?” Uhhh…… I think I gave her the standard cop-out parental response (“What do you think?”) but the cat was out of the bag.

I agree. My kids aren’t quite that old yet, but I’m wondering about speaking to my kiddo about the friend’s behavior that you noticed was particularly unhelpful, like not helping tidy up and getting ready to go. Of all of the issues, to me that one feels the most purely behavioral and not so much tied to who they are and possible insecurities. By having an honest but kind and patient discussion with my kid about how this was a problem, you can empower them to help you goad the friend into the behavior you need from them next time. It also helps your own kid possibly be aware of other issues, or even might bring up their feelings about said friend that they may already be having but haven’t processed yet. Or maybe they’ll tell you something about the friend that changes your perspective. Either way, peer pressure is way more effective that parental pressure at this age I’m guessing, so making your own kid an ally could be helpful.