Nighttime Saying

Our routine is nearly the same every night.  She eats her solids, then we go to her room, change her diaper, put on her socks and then dress her in her sleeper for the night.  Then we play and just let her crawl around her room and let her re-discover the various things in it.  While she is crawling around, I read a few books to her.  This lasts about 15 to 30 minutes.  It all depends on her mood / activity level.  Some days she is just tired and ready for her last bottle rather than playing.  After that, I scoop her up and give her her bottle.

But the one thing that has NEVER changed is this little saying: 

It's night-night time.

Time to close your eyes and go to sleep,

and dream of Puppies and Kittens,

and Bunnies and Sheep.

Even is she is peacefully sleeping, I'll whisper this saying to her while I lay her in her crib.  Even Mister B will say it to her. 

So how did it come to be?  One night when she was about 4 or 5 months old, she just wouldn't go to sleep in her crib.  I patted her tummy to help calm her and the words just came to me.  I'm sure that the pictures of puppies and kittens above her changing pad, her sheep mobile, artwork and crib sheet (which has sheep all over it) and her PB Kids Sheep Thumbie all had something to do with it. 

I love how it just flows and rhymes so well together.  Its short and sweet and so easy to remember.  And for some reason, when I'm not with her and I think of it (like now) it always makes me tear up.

Momma J