Wednesday, January 5, 2011

The Difference

Tonight I put Porter to bed. We brushed teeth, I asked him if he had to pee (response - no), we had kisses and hugs and tucking in and all the usual stuff. And then he stalled. One more kiss. A glass of water. I have to pee. Um, Mom, can I ask you something? I ended up getting really annoyed and yelling and I hate it when I do that. It just ends the day on a sour note. But he pretty much always stalls and drives me insane when I put him to bed.

But when Bryce does it? He can be in and out in under a minute. No requests. No calling out from the bedroom. Just sleep. I don't understand it. We have similar methods. The routine is the same. Anyone else have this problem? Am I just that easy to manipulate and he knows it? Argh.

3 comments:

  1. I think he was ejoying the one on one with you. He and Bryce do one on one guy things together but for most of the day it's you, Molly & Porter. He's just grabbing some time with mom. Enjoy the time.

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  2. Same thing with me and my wife Zoya. I can put our son down for a nap and she can't. When I put the kids to bed they go to sleep, but when Zoya does they keep on coming out. Go figure? Patrick

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  3. Jessy, you just described me putting Keira to bed at least 5 nights out of 7.

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