The routine is the same, night after night, 8:00 p.m. is "bedtime business" time.
Jacob learned this from Blue's Clues... first, p.j.'s (and he HAS to wear zipper jammies that he can zip up a time or two), the toilet, then washing up and brushing his teeth. This has been something we have done together for a while now... the other night, it was different.
It was 8:00 p.m and I announced to him that it was bedtime business time... he raced me down the hall. When I finally reached the bathroom, he was already going potty. He finished and I asked him if I could help him with his jammies (sometimes they get turned inside out).
"No Mama" he said, "I can do it by myself."
"O.k." I said as I watched him struggle to finish, but he finally did it.
Then it was brush teeth time. I got up to help him and he told me to wait. Then the little stinker climbed up onto the sink just enough to reach everything. He even put his toothpaste on his brush.
The tears started dribbling down my face.
"Why you crying Mama?" he asked.
"This makes me sad." I told him.
"What?"
"That you can do this all by yourself. That means your getting bigger bigger now" I told him.
"Yeah, me are" he said.
Then he came over and gave me a hug, "but don't you worry mama, I may get bigger bigger, but I will always be your baby."
He's right. He will.
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