Bedtime

Strangley, bedtime has become easy fun with Anna over the last few weeks. Another sign of growing up or something?

 

We’ve always done 1-2 books, re-cap the highlights of her day, and then sing a few rounds of songs (usually Wheels on The Bus for about 10 minutes) with the end result being: “please don’t leave!” Then with much convincing from either Paul or me as to why sleep is a good thing for big girls and that mommy and daddy are tired and need to go to sleep too, she’d reluctantly give in and say her good nights.

 

For the past week or so, we’ve only done one book and then when I go to sing just the second round of Wheels on the Bus, she stops me and says, “you don’t have to sing it again.” The first night we thought it was a fluke but it’s happened every night for the last week or so. So we tell her she’s such a big girl and we’re proud of her for going to sleep and she is the cheeriest, sweetest little thing as she says “thank you”. We also tell her to call for us if she needs us and she’ll say “OK!” And lots of “sweet dreams” and “I love you” and stuff.

 

Not quite sure what kicked in that has gotten her to be so cooperative and loving for bedtime!

 

Last night in bed she asked where Daddy was because she wanted him to sing to her. I told her he was at the clinic but he would wake her up in the morning and give her kisses. This morning I heard her tell him: “Mommy said I can give you kisses!”