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@keety They try stuff and sometimes like it. My 6yo insists on having sriracha in his tomato soup because it just tastes better. My 9yo, at age 3, used to eat hot Thai fish cakes and alternate with yoghurt (and panting), steal my curry noodles, etc. Now he won't touch anything spicy. That's ok...

@keety Slowly and mild, usually.

@nasusnuboc Depends on the 5yo. I'd expect mine to generally be able to tell me if they were happy with a situation or not. Not the details and nuances but "yeah I wanted a bath" vs "she made me have a bath".

@spiritualgrowth Ask your kid. Did she ask for a bath? She might well have just wanted to join in. It could go either way for me. I'd lean toward the benefit of the doubt. I've always asked parents first when I've tossed their kids in the bath, but I've also never had it come up with kids that...

@happigift It's not necessary easier in your 30s. You're more financial secureband emotionally mature, but you're less physically resilient. The sleep deprivation can be crushing.

@john777111 Pretty much. A sedative and some ketamine or similar for anterograde amnesia - you don't fight back and you don't remember the pain. Much safer for small kids too.

@nyanmaru Unclear if this is part of what you've tried, but waking him in the night for a scheduled toilet stop can help. An hour or two before wet time usually happens. Kids can often be woken, steered to the toilet and back to bed while barely even aware of it. Doing this helped both mine...