Okay, I need to know--Who puts your children to bed every night? Is it mom or dad? Does one person take one kid and the other take another? In our house, we have two daughters, ages nearly 5 and nearly 2. Mom (that is me) stays home with the children and home-schools our oldest for Kindergarten. Right now since my husband is really busy with school (he is a teacher), the play (he is the assistant director), and his seminary class, I am making dinner, cleaning up from dinner, bathing both kids, and putting the younger one to bed-- stories, songs, the whole bit. I must say that by the end of that day (especially if it is a soccer night), I am just a bit overwhelmed and putting our oldest to bed and going through the whole story, song routine again is hard for me. For a little while my husband was putting her to bed, but now he DOES have a lot going on, so.... Who is going to put her to bed? I guess I could read to both of them at once, but they kind of like different books right now since they are three years apart. What does your end-of-the-day routine look like? Any ideas?
If I am not working, I take Miss G and Ed takes Mr Z. JP is an appendage to me, and insists on falling asleep on the couch with sippy cup in hand -gasp! Except when Ed has band practice for church, then I do all 3.
ReplyDeleteWe are pretty disorganized. Basically, it is pjs, prayers and kisses. We read to them all through out the day. I guess I should add bedtime routine to my list! JP has serious sleep training issues.
Matt helps out with the routine, but he's not as busy as Will is right now! When I'm really in a hurry to get Miss R to bed, we multitask! I put her pajamas on her and wash her face while she is brushing her teeth. I read her a story while she is going to the bathroom. :) Whatever I can do to save a moment or two. I should probably train her to be more independent. I help her with every step of the way - getting dressed, washing her hands, brushing her teeth, everything! I'll have to think about passing along some of these things to her.
ReplyDeleteBtw - can she get any cuter in that picture?
ReplyDeleteThanks, guys. It was nice to know that other people have issues with bedtime, too. I think I will try reading to them together just for this busy season. Once the play and the class are over, things will get much easier. I just have to hold on till then.
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