If Middle and Little start requiring a bedtime routine as long as Big does right now, we might as well start it the second we get them up for their afternoon nap. OMG.
Granted, it's our own fault. since he was our first, we didn't give the length of the bedtime ritual NEARLY enough thought. It was fun and cute so we started allowing 2 books, a potty break in between, tooth brushing, clothes changes, usually another potty break and then high fives and kisses.
I can't talk about the added bath nights without getting drowsy. It's loooong. He never wants to get out. I'm always his pick .... So It's even longer for me.
Recently he started the bedtime avoidance fun. Every five seconds he's yelling at me through the monitor.
1. "Mommy! You forgot my pants." Nope, you refused to wear them.
2. "Mommy, you forgot to cover up my Buzz Lightyear." I guess he gets cold.
3. "Mommy, you need to feed my fish again, they're still hungry." Damn Ethiopian fish.
4. "Mommy, I'm scared. Clifford is looking at me." I knew that stuffed animal was possessed.
5. "Mommy, I need< insert asinine inanimate object of play here>." Kill me , now.
The best was tonight's issue..."Mommy! I think I heard my fish poot. He needs the potty.!" Ok, I draw the kind at this request. That fish can poop in it's own potty... Because if he goes to mine, he's going to the big porcelain fish bowl in the sky.
Question for you parents of older kids... When do they start sleeping past the crack of dawn?!?! I hope it's tomorrow.
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