I’ve got Mommy and Daddy into a routine.

For 6.5 weeks now, here is the nightly routine that I have manipulated Mommy and Daddy into:

1. Mommy feeds me.
2. Daddy takes over, burps me and plays with me for about 1 to 2 hours (depending on how tired he or I am).
3. Mommy feeds me again.
4. Daddy burps me, takes me to my room, turns on the night light and lamp, changes my diaper, swaddles me, and then reads to me in the rocking chair. He has done this EVERY night since they brought me home from the hospital.
5. Daddy turns on the noise machine Mimi and Grandpa bought for them which plays a variety of sounds. I especially like the one called “Summer nights” because I can hear crickets and frogs.
6. Daddy puts me to bed and then Mommy and Daddy usually head to bed and listen very carefully for me.
7. Sometime after 3am — I usually get fed again. Sometimes I can go all the way to 5 or 6am the next morning.

I really love the fact that Daddy has read to me EVERY night since we have come home from the hospital. I think he is terrified that if he misses a nightly reading, I will fall into a new sleep (or better yet a no sleep) pattern. So, I have him suckered into reading to me nearly in the dark each night.

Last night I was wide awake when Daddy swaddled me and read to me. Mommy had to help Daddy turn the pages on the book because Daddy was holding the book in one hand and patting my back with his other hand. (hehehehe, what a sucker!) I’ve got the two of them wrapped around my little finger.

Grandma, Mimi, and Grandpa — Mommy and Daddy were laughing at me last night while the were reading the book to me. They thought it was so funny that I was wide awake. I was staring at Daddy with my eyes wide open as he read to me. Little did they know I was trying to tell them to pick a new book. I have heard that same story for nearly 45 days straight now!!!!

Daddy — once you can nearly recite the book with out having to turn the pages, it is time to find a new book to entertain me.

Love,

Connor