Richie has always been one to like things just so-so. His shoes must be double-knotted and the laces must be pointing down otherwise his legs mysteriously stop working. His VeggieTales pillow must be turned with the veggie crew facing up or else he cannot lie down. He never wants a coat regardless of the temperature. He can only ride in the RED booster seat. All the others send him into fits of tears.
However, his list of bedtime needs is getting a little out of control. It used to be just that his veggie pillow was properly adjusted and his Thomas the Train blanket was laid out over him head to toe. No more. In the last few weeks, it's become a bit more intense. The list of MUST HAVE items before he can sleep has grown to include the following:
- 1 VeggieTales pillow
- 1 Thomas the Train blanket
- 2 blue pillows from the couch downstairs
- 1 white family blanket—note: the white blanket must be put on FIRST before the Thomas blanket
- 1 Humpkin (Richie's fluffy dog)
- 1 pink kitty cat (indefinitely borrowed from Big Sis)
- 1 small pink Care Bear (also borrowed from Big Sis)
- 1 Lamby (Richie's lamb)
- 1 red monkey (Valentines gift from Nana)
Last night, he got up at 3:30am to potty. Of course, after relieving himself he could not possibly be expected to return to his own bed. He HAD to come to Mommy and Daddy's bed. I laid there for what must have been 7 minutes and 5 round trips as he dragged every single one of his items into my room and piled them into our bed. After which, he plopped himself right in the middle of us and snoozed away.
Whatever happened to just a simple security blanket?
5 comments:
Oy!!! That sounds like a fun little night time adventure. Thanks for throwing us a blogging bone here! I have been wondering where you went! Glad to have you and your always funny stories back online. Maybe you should tell him now that the cut-off for bedtime comforts is 20 - just to be safe. hee hee
Ooohhh, thanks so much for letting me know what my future holds with my soon to be 3 year old! The conveyance of the army of bedtime accessories sounds VERY familiar!!!!
It sounds like you have a lot of fun at bedtime! It's funny how that time of night seems to bring out the "extra-wierdness" in our little darlings. Parker also likes to fall asleep, just so, with his head properly placed on his teddy bear. Do yours ever fall asleep on the floor? That's been a phase that both of ours have done...and Parker is still continuing with :)
Meredith....oh, yes, Richie loves sleeping in the floor. He has one of those fold-out little kid couches with the wiggles on it that he sleeps on EVERY night!
Hee,hee. Nolan won a basketball at McAlister's last night (by the way, Meredith, now you really have to join us :). Anyway, guess what he wanted to sleep with last night. It only bounced out of bed eighteen times and had him, his jammies, and all of his bedding smelling like a gym before I convinced him to put it on the lego table and "just watch it."
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