Bedtime Routines

Since I went back to work, Zachary has been doing most of the bedtime routine with us and it was working well.  But this past week, Zachary has become increasingly fussy as the night wore on - clearly, he needed an earlier bedtime.  So for the past few nights, Finn and I have gone upstairs a little early, and Finn has played or looked at books while I nurse Zachary and get him to sleep.  It's not easy for Finn to be quiet, so it probably takes a little longer than it should, but I'm gradually getting Zachary back to being able to fall asleep on his own (he lost this skill when his teeth started to come in), and then Finn and I have some good one on one time after Zachary is asleep.

Tonight, Zachary nursed for much longer than usual and Finn got bored.  First he had to go to the bathroom (which he is completely capable of handling on his own).  Then he decided to go ahead and take all of his clothes off.  Just as I was leaving the room, Finn walked back in.  "Mommy," he whispered, "There's pee-pee dripping everywhere."  "Uh-oh," I said as I walked to the bathroom.  "No, Mommy, not in there!"

He led me into his room.  "My airplanes were hungry, so I fed them." His airplanes were hungry?  I was confused, until he held up his two wooden planes for me to investigate. The noses of both planes were damp.  And there were lots of little wet spots on the floor.

"Sweetie, airplanes don't eat pee-pee."
"But they're hungry.  What are they going to eat?"
"They eat pretend food.  But nobody eats pee-pee."

It was so unexpected, I couldn't even be mad.  I did have to ask him what he was thinking when he did it.  "I was thinking they were hungry. And then I was thinking 'this is a bad idea.'"

He helped me clean up, and promised he would never pee on the floor again.  Or on his toys.

And now for this week of Zachary pictures:

7/23/14: bedtime selfie

7/24/14: brothers hanging out in Zachary's room

7/25/14: hanging out in the bathroom

7/26/14: playing with Nanny M at a birthday party

7/27/14: Z's first ride in a grocery cart

7/28/14: Z's first bite of apple (pic by Finn)

7/29/14: "I don't mind hand-me-downs, but can't you get me pjs without holes in the feet?"