Normally, my kids are great at going to bed. I don’t mean to brag. They just are really good at going to bed. Last night was a different story.
Lately, Caden had occasionally had a hard time going to sleep. One night, he was still awake at 10:30, laying in his crib, reading a book. He didn’t want his light off, so I went to bed, leaving his light on, until I woke up at 3:00 (for no reason) and went and turned his light off. He also wants to “snuggle in his chay-ay” (translation: chair) every night.
Last night, I snuggled with him in his chair, then put him into bed, while he was protesting the whole time. He kept crying in bed, but I left him there. Andy came up and snuggled with him, then put him into his crib and knelt by his bed to get him to settle down. When he left, Caden started crying for “Mommy!” That’ll get you! I went back in, snuggled with him some more, then said it was time to go to sleep. He started crying, saying he wanted to go to bed in Mommy and Daddy’s bed. We weren’t planning on going to bed anytime soon, so I said that wasn’t a choice. In the meantime, Noah had come out looking for me to snuggle with him. So I put Caden in bed with Noah. Kill two birds with one stone! They were really sweet in bed together. It took them a while to fall asleep (we’re talking 10:00 pm by now!). But they finally did. And here are the pictures:
I finally put Caden to bed in his own crib around 11:00. Noah’s pillow was wet from Caden’s sweaty head! They’re still asleep as I write this. I hope I didn’t start a trend… Maybe they should start sharing a room?