Tuesday is our night

Mitchell has grown out of taking regular naps for the most part.  There are definitely days when he needs them and he’s infinitely more pleasant when he’s caught a few 😴💤.  But, if he can handle it (and we can stand it), he doesn’t nap because it tends to really interfere with bedtime.  That’s all well and good except for one small detail...Daycare.  Mitch still takes a nap when he’s at Titi’s house.  I’m not sure how she does it, but she manages to get all the kids to nap at the same time.  No easy feat when you’ve got an infant and a handful of 2-3 year olds. She’s some kind of miracle worker.  Seriously - she’s my idol.  😯 I’ve thought about asking her to keep Mitch awake, but to be honest, I’m hesitant to mess up her system.  The kids all love her and respect her rules.  I don’t want to mess things up for all of them.  Because let’s face it - Mitch is a 3.5 year old boy and he’s LOUD.  If he didn’t nap, he’d keep all the kids awake.  So right now, we just deal with it.  I like for the kids to be in bed between 8:00 and 8:30, but that doesn’t work well when Mitch doesn’t wake up from his nap until 4.  When the weather is warmer, I wear him out at the park or the pool or just playing outside.  It’s more difficult this time of year since our outdoor time is more limited.  Bedtime can be a fight sometimes.  My rule of thumb is, if he’s been in bed for at least 45 minutes and is still wide awake, he can come downstairs.  Usually, he falls asleep.  But Tuesday seems to be an issue.  So it sort of became our night.  It’s not every Tuesday, but more often than not, Mitch comes and snuggles with me for a little while.  And while it messes up my TV night a little (hello - This is Us), I can’t bring myself to really mind.  Mitch is my baby boy and these moments won’t last forever.  So I’m going to enjoy every last snuggle.  

P.S - he took these pictures.  😂