Bedtime joys

Reading
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It's hard to believe that Ethan will be going into first grade in just a couple weeks! Him and his brother have both grown so much over the summer, and summer has just flown by!

Lately, due to babysitters, and other summer things going on, their bedtime routine has become quite flexible. Sometimes they skip a bath because they had one earlier (due to playing outside with the hose or going to the pool) Sometimes they watch a little movie or play together. And, sometimes Ethan takes it upon himself to put his baby brother to bed himself. If asked, he'll help Adam get on his pajamas, get him into bed, and read to him. We always look forward to the day that they'll mostly just put themselves to bed without any kind of long drawn out routine. It would be nice! But, usually, despite being satisfied with enough reading, there needs to be some follow-up with mom or dad - extra tucking, songs and kisses. That's okay too.

I should also mention, if I haven't already, that Adam is fully out of pull ups. After he potty trained during the day, I noticed he wasn't wetting at night at all - almost from the first day of daytime potty trianing success, he had trained himself at night! We have not had a single bed wetting, which is amazing to me because Ethan wasn't this easy.