Since Day 1, our girls have shared a bedtime routine. We snuggle and read a bedtime story, then brush teeth, wash faces, and say our nightly prayers…all together.
Our girls go to bed early, and — no matter how quickly we get cleaned up from supper — it seems like we’re rushing around most evenings. This routine works for us, although I do sometimes wish we had more one-on-one time just before bed.
As I over-think our bedtime routine [from my perspective as an only child], it also occurs to me that the majority of the bedtime stories we read feature one character…a child, or an animal…snuggled peacefully between his mommy and daddy. I don’t know that the girls have ever noticed anything, but I wonder if one day, they will.
I happened upon a great bedtime book a couple of months ago, unlike any of the others we regularly read. “You’re All My Favorites“, by Sam McBratney.
The book features three bear cubs, whose parents tell them every night that they are the most wonderful bears in the whole wide world. One day, the bears start to question how they can ALL be the best.
“Which one of us do you like the most?“
“Who is your favorite?“
“We can’t all be the best.”
The daddy bear explains that one is the most perfect *first* baby bear…one is the most perfect *second* baby bear…and one is the most perfect *third* baby bear.
The message…we are all unique in our own special way…and there is plenty of love to go around…is a really sweet one…
…and the bears go to sleep happy and peaceful…together.
Is there a favorite bedtime story at your house? Books that speak (in your mind) to multiples?
Mandy, mom to three-year old fraternal twin girls
