Baby Bedtime

Quinn's bedtime routine is getting as complicated as Nolan's these days.  She used to be the easy one. Read her a book, toss her in bed and she would fall asleep quickly.  As she gets older she is learning more stall tactics and now her bedtime routine involves a long list of books, songs, back rubs (in which she tells you to "tickle me and rub it," prayers, pretending like she is a princess and mom/dad is the dragon, throwing her into bed, standing up and jumping for a minute, finding the perfect spot in bed, placing all three covers perfectly on top of her, having a sip of water, and finally saying goodnight.  Even after the "goodnights" are exchanged, she is checking more things off of her list.  Giving you more reminders to leave the door open, instructing you to tell the other parent to come say goodnight one more time, and telling you a million "I love yous" and "goodnights."  That part will never get old :)

She's funny with her little bedtime sayings and she will randomly crawl into your lap during the day as well and ask you to "tickle me and rub it," looking for a back rub.  And she constantly wants to know about our schedule and she times things out by naps.  She asks, "after this nap?" referring to her afternoon nap as well as bedtime.  We might have something on the calendar four days away and she wants to know how many naps until it occurs :)

Even though I am usually ready for bedtime and would like it to be a quick, easy process; I am savoring our little routines while she is little.  She is still sleeping in her crib and we are still reading in her rocking chair like we have done since she was an infant.  She has started to ask for a big girl bed, and it's in the near future, so I am cherishing our little moments of her baby bedtime routine before they are gone.