Last night I had posted my status on Facebook as "Bedtime while there is still daylight outside = frustrated mommy and lots of yelling. Little boys do not settle down well when they can still see in their room!" Of course, there is a story behind that tagline...
Will has proven to be much more difficult to put down for bed ever since he acquired his new skill of bunk bed climbing. It is now commonplace to hear many refrains coming from the boys room after bedtime to the chorus of, "Will's on my bed!" or "Get off, Will!" To which Jake or I must take the action of going upstairs (or down the hall if we're lucky to be upstairs already) and pull Will off the top bunk and place him back on his lower bunk.
Last night proved no different. After approximately 5-6 rounds of this lovely new routine, it sounded like the boys had finally settled down. Until I hear THUMP THUMP THUMP. THUMPITY THUMP THUMP THUMP. Yes, that would be the sound of Jacob kicking the wall with much gusto. Will had finally calmed down and given up on his climbing adventures, only for Jacob to make a ruckus.
Enter Mad Mommy. With much frustration I enter the room, again, and give Jacob a talking to - or a yelling at - it's hard to discern. There may or may not have been a spanking involved. I plead the fifth. But Jacob was definitely given the clear and distinct orders to "calm down, go to sleep, and do not make any more noise."
I didn't think anything of it the rest of the night. The boys were quiet and went to sleep like good little boys. Well, good little boys with proper motivation. So, when Will woke up at 4am crying, I groggily make my way to the room only to discover that Will was sleeping in the top bunk with his brother. I laughed. I'm nearly certain that Will hadn't woken up in the middle of the night, crying, and decided to climb the bunk. I'm pretty certain that he must have climbed up there following the aforementioned 'talking to'. And Jacob, not wanting to get in trouble for making noise or yelling again, decided to allow his brother to bunk with him for the night.
It made me smile. My kids really are sweet and good kids. They may be a pain sometimes, but they are smart enough to know (most of the time) when not to push mommy's buttons further. I will be working on my bedtime frustration management.
okay, that's funny. But hold on, how old is Will? That child isn't in a crib?! i wouldn't trust my boys in beds for anything! There's no telling what they'd be doing.
ReplyDeleteHe's nearly 16 months. We moved him out of the crib early because we were moving and the crib was broken and unsafe. Then didn't feel like buying a new one for only a year. He's on the bottom bunk bed and usually does great.
ReplyDeleteLately Lillian has been making a nightly pilgrimage into Cayden's room, trying to sleep with him. In the middle of the night I'll hear her crying, only to find her trying to climb OVER Cayden to get into his bed. He, of course, is sound asleep. Don't know why she thinks she has to sleep with him, but I take her back to her bed. Sometimes she'll succeed and I wake up way to early in the morning to the sounds of the two of them playing and having a ball. Weirdo kids!
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