My precious little V is almost 5 months old. I love spending every minute with her but by far our evening routine is the best. Being at work all day and not seeing her until 7:00 PM at night is the worst. I constantly look at her photos, get updates from my parents and talk about her at work. I can't help it...my little one is connected to my heart and soul.
So when I finally get home, I spend every minute with her before I put her to sleep. Our evenings start off with a little playtime on the floor laughing and being silly. Then we do bath time and she splashes around for about ten to fifteen minutes. After her bath she gets a massage while I sing to her and put her in her pajamas. I hold her and sway with her for another 5-10 minutes (because I can't stand to let her go) and then I finally put her down in her crib. Her little glow worm plays music and her turtle lights up the room with stars, but her favorite part is listening to me read "Llama Llama Red Pajama". As soon as she hears me reading she laughs and hugs her little toy. My favorite part is "Little Llama, don't you know...Mama Llama Loves you so! Llama Mama's Always Near. Even when she's not right here". When I'm done I kiss her on her forehead and I walk away. Five minutes later I'll tip toe back in to watch her sleep. There is nothing more precious too watch your baby sleep.
People always say "just wait until your second, you won't have time for all of that". And I wonder if that's true? I can't help but feel like no matter what my kids come first and making each moment count. I'd like to think that if I had four kiddos to put to bed, I'd somehow make a night time routine work for us. TV shows, Facebook...none of that is important when it comes to spending time with my baby llama.
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