This week with Taylor has been so much fun! We go through a lot of peaks and valleys, but this week has been so full of joy and fun and laughter. It makes me feel really fortunate that I get to share this time with her.
You can almost hear the “wheeeeee!”:
Somewhere along the line, T.J. has developed a very elaborate method of stalling her bedtime. Generally we follow a loose routine of reading a story, brushing teeth, sometimes singing a song and then off to bed (usually with nose rubs along the way). I’ve always allowed her to have a sippy cup of water in case she gets thirsty during the night. That worked okay for awhile – never perfectly, but well enough. Then Taylor started raising the stakes and asking for additional items (her baby doll, a book, a teddy bear…). Soon T.J.’s crib was being crowded out by books, toys, balls, purses and anything else she could convince us to give her to forestall the inevitable. We finally wised up to her and the laundry list of requests has diminished significantly.