Tuesday, January 30, 2007

Bedtime

I have been completely and totally lax with Devin and bedtime. It started out innocently enough. It was impossible to put the boys to bed at the same time, and they share a room. I would hold Devin until he fell asleep and then have Daddy carry him to bed around 9.

Slowly, but surely, Devin would fall asleep later and later and later. Eventually, he was falling asleep well past 9 and really be, in general, disobedient.

Daddy has had enough. He made me put him to bed at bedtime tonight. It only took 20 minutes to get him to sleep. Now that he has words, putting him to sleep is simply entertaining. It went something like this.

"Sleep, my bed, all night." (It seemed like a good idea at this time.)
"Mommy bed. MOOMMMYYYY BED!"
"No Mommy, No Mommy, No Mommy."
"No Mommy, No Mommy, No Mommy. Don't want you. Don't want you. Don't want you. Don't want you."
"My Blanket."
"Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy, Mommy, Daddy."
"Treasure, Treasure, Treasure."
"No Mommy, No Mommy, No Mommy. Don't want you. Don't want you. Don't want you. Don't want you."

You get the picture. It ended with,
"My Eeyore."
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep.

Quietly now, "no mommy."
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep

20 minutes. Not bad.

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