My little man often does not fall asleep right away at night. In fact quite frequently he is up for an hour or more happily playing in his room. We don’t stress about it (after all he is happy, staying in his room & we don’t have to be lying in bed with him for it to happen!) but we do find some of his antics quite humorous.
Last night we hear little feet running down the hall & in response to my question of what he is doing is “Me be right back Mommy”. He runs into my room & back into his.
This evening I go in to tuck him all in (thinking he was asleep ’cause he is so quiet) & he is sitting quietly in bed intently “reading” a book. The odd part was his pajama pants are now on inside-out. They most definitely were not so when I left him earlier.
Another night he called “Mommy, me NEED you, me NEED you”. I went in to find him without pants & with his shirt a tangled note around him.
I’ve found him asleep with a line of trucks around him. I’ve found him asleep half off the bed clutching books. I’ve even found him asleep all tucked in with his head on the pillow looking like a little angel.
I don’t know why I love this time so much – maybe because through all those months we laid with him while he fell asleep we were unsure we would be able to get to this point without a boatload of tears. Whatever the reason bedtime went from being a dreaded time to one of my favourite of the day.
So sweet Tania! Sounds like Thomas loves his new house/room and it also sounds like he enjoys that “winding” down time as well…who would have thought this is where you’d be a mere few months ago? Get pictures!!