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Nice moments in fatherhood.
Jan. 10th, 2008 08:00 pmEvery night when L goes to bed, turn out the lights and then we say prayers and recite "Goodnight Moon." Sometimes, we'll have a story before that, but these two things are immutable parts of the experience. About two months ago, L spontaneously started giving me a kiss after we finished "Goodnight Moon." That's pretty cool.
This quarter, for the first time in a while,![[livejournal.com profile]](http://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
derbiser has a weeknight class. For the past few quarters, she's had weekend day classes. That means that on Thursdays, L doesn't get to have his momma at bed time. Last Thursday night (derbiser's first of the quarter), L fought going to sleep. He cried and cried for about 10-15 minutes. Yesterday, as part of the ongoing process of helping L get used to going to sleep on his own, derbiser left before we turned out the lights. L did much better, only crying for about 10 minutes.
Tonight,derbiser is in school again, so L and I had to do bed time by ourselves. Again. We read our new book "How Does a Dinosaur Say Goodnight," and L got up to go find his momma. I had to tell him that she was in school. He started crying. We turned out the lights and talked for a minute about how momma had to be in school and couldn't be there for bedtime, but that she would be there in the morning. Then I started in on prayers and "Goodnight Moon." He stopped crying before we were done with prayers, and had calmed down and snuggled in by the end of moon.
I love my boy, and I'm glad he's at a point where he trusts me to help him get to sleep.
--G
This quarter, for the first time in a while,
derbiser has a weeknight class. For the past few quarters, she's had weekend day classes. That means that on Thursdays, L doesn't get to have his momma at bed time. Last Thursday night (derbiser's first of the quarter), L fought going to sleep. He cried and cried for about 10-15 minutes. Yesterday, as part of the ongoing process of helping L get used to going to sleep on his own, derbiser left before we turned out the lights. L did much better, only crying for about 10 minutes.Tonight,
derbiser is in school again, so L and I had to do bed time by ourselves. Again. We read our new book "How Does a Dinosaur Say Goodnight," and L got up to go find his momma. I had to tell him that she was in school. He started crying. We turned out the lights and talked for a minute about how momma had to be in school and couldn't be there for bedtime, but that she would be there in the morning. Then I started in on prayers and "Goodnight Moon." He stopped crying before we were done with prayers, and had calmed down and snuggled in by the end of moon.I love my boy, and I'm glad he's at a point where he trusts me to help him get to sleep.
--G
