Night time routine

Gio is beginning to change our nightly routine. The night goes as follows: dinner, daddy reads books as I prepare the bath for baby number one (Isa). Isa comes up, I give her a bath, dry, pjs, brush teeth, brush hair, cuddle, sing a few songs and put down to bed. Then baby number two (Gio) comes up to start the routine all over again. The past couple of nights Gio’s found stalling A LOT gets him to bed later with more cuddle time with mom in the bathroom. When I finally get him out of the bath I cuddle with him while singing before putting him down to continue the night routine. He clings on to me so I won’t put him down and get him dressed. He holds on to me for dear life and says “almost”. Almost is his new favorite word meaning there’s still more time and we aren’t done just yet but we will almost be done but not yet “almost.” I love our night routine and love my cuddle time with both of them. It does wonders for calming down my busy day but the extra cuddle time not wanting to get dressed is getting longer and longer. I feel horrible when he cries and doesn’t want to let me go. I would hold him forever but that’s the problem. I feel like I’m making the problem worse. I do love that naked little tushie and how his hugs feel so much better just out of a bath. You just want to eat them all up. They are so cute and kindly tired that those hugs means so much more. I’m not sure if it was the three days of fever that caused a change in the schedule but it’s getting a little harder. I hate to admit this but I’m also dragging during bath time and feel horrible for feeling that way. I just adore these kids and never want to be the cause of their little tears. The night routine is drawing near so we will see how tonight goes. Gio is fever free and feeling more like his spunky self so let’s see what happens. Bring on those baby cuddles and the “almost.”  

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