The scene: This evening at bedtime, in Monkey's room.
Monkey (who had just been watching a National Geographic video about dogs, and was thus not Monkey, but a puppy) was ready to "jump into bed." He took his pillow and put it on the wrong end of the bed, and hung his blanket on the wrong side of the bed. He turned off the light (with daddy's help) and jumped into bed. No story, no nursing. With backwards pillow and blanket. It appeared that this bedtime was going to be completely different than any other.
"Are you going straight to bed? No story?"
Oh. No, he decides he actually does want a story.
The story is finished. He jumps back in bed. He doesn't want to be covered with his blanket.
"Daddy, sing me a song."
Song sung. We are ready to leave him to sleep. We figure if he doesn't want to nurse, we won't bring it up.
Kisses.
Pause.
"Mommy. I want some nuk-in'"
Ah.
So it turns out he is not ready to completely change his bedtime routine. The blanket and pillow went back to their rightful places as well. It's not that I would mind if he started to cut back on nursing. Let's just not start with the bedtime nursing; the calming, cuddling, drifting off to sleep nursing.
Don't scare me like that.
Down-to-Earth Étoile Michal
9 years ago
3 comments:
It's a little weird, hey? The first time you realize that at some point, your 'lil' baby' won't NEED that form of comfort anymore....
I kept saying I wasn't going to get all emotional when the LG was finally done. Nope, I was a bit of a wreck and had to go sit in the bathroom and have a little cry.
I'm all better now. :)
We don't even do stories at bedtime anymore - those seem to have become strictly for Potty Time. :S
Oh Erin, I'm so happy to find another mother of a 2 year old (plus) that is still nursing. I've gotten very closed mouthed about it b/c down here, people talk about you behind your back if you are still nursing past 1 but start telling you how to parent when they are still nursing at 2 plus. But Maggie nurses first thing in the morning and sometimes before a nap if we are at home. Other times she falls asleep in the car;) She might nurse in the afternoon if she's cranky and I send her off to bed wtih Daddy and she usually doesn't ask. Mostly, it's when she's teething (like now) or super cranky. But she can take "no" as well. Thanks for sharing that!
Awww. What a cutie pie.
Nursing was never part of our bedtime routine (not purposefully, it was just that way).
I have to say our bedtime routine has barely changed in four years!
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