Typical Night

So this is a post that I can use when Lincoln has kids and is complaining about bedtime routines. Last week, Lincoln earned how to climb out of his crib, his grandparents even bought a bigger crib and he managed to climb out in about 30 seconds after it was put together. I am scared of crib tents, so this is our typical night now.

Let me backtrack and write what our nights USED to be like....starting at 7:30pm, Link would get a bath, get his allergy medicine, get his teeth brushed, get some books read, and get in the crib by 8:00pm. If he wasn't tired yet, he would just talk to himself until he fell asleep. It was really just too easy!

Now our typical night:

8:30pm, we start the bedtime routine (we have tried earlier, but get frustrated when it doesn't work.).

9:00pm, I start rocking him in the rocking chair.

9:45-10:00pm, I put Lincoln in the bed we made (2 queen beds pushed together)

1:00-2:00am, Lincoln starts *flip-flopping* around like a wild cat, which can last for hours

6:00am-7:00am, Lincoln, Dave, and I all wake up from our slumber party

I just have to remember that we have been carting this boy all over the country, and I have to be patient that as soon as we get our own place, we can start to get a better routine. But I so can't wait, until Lincoln's crazy toddler starts pulling the same thing, and I can say, "Booyah, you did it to us son!"

*flip-flopping* I thought this was a normal term, but it confused Dave the other night. I woke him up at 2:00am, and this was our conversation:

Me: Dave, please switch places with me in bed, Lincoln has been flip-flopping around for over an hour.

Dave: Sigh, here (he is pointing to his hand).

Me: What?

Dave: (still pointing to his hand) Well, I don't have any flip-flops right now.

Me: (trying not to laugh so I don't wake my flopping child up)