Routines are important

My daughter has taken this idea to its limit. A year ago it used to be that I would tell my daughter a story and give her some warm milk and she would fall asleep. Oh no, not anymore. Gradually each grandma has kindly donated another idea to our bedtime routine. So it then went from two ideas to three, tickling her back, then adding a fourth idea, singing a song whilst tickling her back. Now she has added a fifth idea, I have to kiss Rabbit and hug him before she goes to sleep (rabbit is her favourite toy and goes everywhere with us.) Then she added in the words “you are the best mama in the world and tell dada he is the best dada in the world.” To top it all off we now have another question, “what time shall I wake up in the morning and what time shall I ask for a drink.” So all in all our routine consists of seven ideas and bedtime now takes up to half an hour. I draw the line at anything else being added!