s/o bed time: bedtime routines

[mightybee]

What's the weirdest/most annoying part of LO's bedtime routine?

What's your favorite?

[mightybee]

Weirdest: Currently, D requests watching some "silly cats" videos on YouTube. They crack him up.

Favorite: I ask D how he wants me to leave his room and then I pretend to do it. So sometimes it's being a garbage truck dumping trash on him, a weedwhacker plugged into the wall, or one of our dogs going poop. I always oblige. (I guess this could also count as weirdest.)

[jennmm]

The weirdest is that right now, she needs a hug, kiss, high five, fist bump, and then a distance hug and blown kiss in order to be happy and lay down. In that order.

Favorite is reading.

[jodielyn10]

Most annoying: Ingrid is still enthralled with the novelty of her "big girl bed" so she runs and jumps on it when I'm trying to get her jammies on.

Favorite: after reading a couple of books, she always asks me to rock for a minute to snuggle and talk. I know one day she won't want to snuggle in my lap and talk about her day, so I never say no (even though I know it's at least partially a stalling tactic) and try to savor it!

[bliz1712]

Favorite: That she wants me to carry her to bed like a baby or with her head on my shoulders. She'll put her finger in her mouth and say "I got my paci!" Or when she asks me to sing or sit with her.

Least favorite: When she complains that she's hungry or thirsty to stall. Part of our routine is having a snack, so it's not like she hasn't eaten in awhile.

[USCgirl]

Let's just say LO still nurses, mostly for comfort almost every night and am pregnant with super sore nipples. It's been fun times and a horrible routine, but I let it be cause it works. I guess my favorite part is the snuggling.

[cbear]

Uhm her entire bedtime routine: watch 1 Mickey, brush teeth, sip of water, say blessings, say prayers, hug, kiss, Eskimo kiss, me telling her to have sweet dreams, me making sure nothing is on her floor in her room that's not supposed to be there, me telling her to close her eyes, and me telling her that yes baby sis will be in bed soon too and yes mommy is tired too. Did I mention I have a little OCD child on my hands?

[cbear]

Jun 10, 2015 14:45:52 GMT -5 cbear said:

Uhm her entire bedtime routine: watch 1 Mickey, brush teeth, sip of water, say blessings, say prayers, hug, kiss, Eskimo kiss, me telling her to have sweet dreams, me making sure nothing is on her floor in her room that's not supposed to be there, me telling her to close her eyes, and me telling her that yes baby sis will be in bed soon too and yes mommy is tired too. Did I mention I have a little OCD child on my hands?

Favorite is true hug kiss and Eskimo kisses

[mrsdonati]

Favorite part is when Elena gets all snuggled into her bed and says "sing song". It's a lullaby that I totally made up out of desperation one night when she was a few months old. We've sang it every night!
Least favorite is the wind down process. DH comes home from work and gets her ask excited. Now she's wired before dinner and bedtime

[nursedesi]

Most annoying: fighting with him to pee before bed and brushing his teeth.

Favorite: snuggling while reading books on the couch, and him insisting on me singing "twinkle star" and telling him humpty dumpty.

[nursedesi]

Jun 10, 2015 14:34:26 GMT -5 USCgirl said:

Let's just say LO still nurses, mostly for comfort almost every night and am pregnant with super sore nipples. It's been fun times and a horrible routine, but I let it be cause it works. I guess my favorite part is the snuggling.

Its awesome LO still nurses!!!!

[justbeth]

Most annoying: she holds a little pee in every night so she can scream that she needs to
GO POTTY RIGHT NOW as soon as I close her door at night/nap. I can't for the life of me get her to stop doing this.

Weirdest: every night as I'm leaving her room (the second time after the pee) she yells 'good night! I love you! Don't eat all my Easter Eggs!' This started right after christmas, not Easter, and DH and I have no clue what it's about.

Favorite: the nights that she is sweet and snuggles while I lay with her for five minutes. This doesn't apply to the nights that she is a monkey and just climbs and jumps all over me!

[starfishy]

Favorite: "snuggle bed" (when we read books) and family hug time.

Least favorite: the 6287192 times I have to go in every night.

[mightybee]

Jun 10, 2015 19:23:01 GMT -5 justbeth said:

Weirdest: every night as I'm leaving her room (the second time after the pee) she yells 'good night! I love you! Don't eat all my Easter Eggs!' This started right after christmas, not Easter, and DH and I have no clue what it's about.

This is so cute, and strange! I love hearing what these kids come up with. Make my day.

[sarasansh]

Most annoying: bath time. I'm so glad I don't do it anymore! I have no idea what games he and H play in there, but the bathroom is always covered in water.

Favorite: after we read stories he asks for "snuggle wiggles," which is when I tuck him in tight and then wiggle him around in the blankets and he giggles like crazy.

[sarahandeddie]

Most annoying - She insists on going to bed in mommy's bed while watching Peter Pan. I don't mind either of these things so much but she freaks every time a commercial comes on. She insists that I fast forward through the commercials until she falls asleep. I plan on breaking her of this routine once we're in the new house.

Favorite - All the snuggles! DH works nights so I get time to snuggle before bed.

[roo1582]

Most annoying is the struggle to actually get her ready for bed. Everything is a fight: put on your pj's, brush your teeth, pick a book, sit and read the book, leave xyz alone, get into bed....

Favorite thing: When she is actually in bed and we say goodnight. I will kiss her all over her face and she just giggles. And I love her and H's thing is Eskimo kisses.

[summergirl1211]

Most annoying: The stall tactics and the tears once she realizes she actually has to go to bed. I hate that she cries so much.

Favorite: Snuggles while watching Caillou before bed and tucking her in. I wish the attitude would change, but she can stay my little girl forever.

[cookiesandwine]

Weirdest and kind of annoying: she requests I sing "mommy and daddy kissing in tree" song, so I start singing it and she stops me saying "that's not right one!" And then I sing the *real* song (which is actually our wedding song and has nothing about trees). Can't just start with the one she really wants, have to go through the whole schpiel singing the wrong song.

Favorite: I actually love that she wants me to sing our wedding song every night.

[laurski81]

Most annoying: he won't fall asleep before 10pm. And when we finally get up there he always asks to go potty even though he just told us no. He is not even close for us to attempt potty training but I'm so scared to tell him no because I don't want to ever discourage it. And he KNOWS, knows that I'll always let him go.
Favorite: he recites the book "Goodnight, I love you" every night to us. It's adorable.