Bed time routines

Just wanted to record Corbin's current bedtime routine for posterity. It's pretty cute.

When we change him into jammies, he goes potty and brushes his teeth and then gets in a diaper. He turns off the light, turns on his white noise machine, and turns on his turtle (and always turns it to the blue light lately). Brit has a routine with him of turning on his Christmas lights and then turning them off between songs.... he doesn't get to do this with Mommy.

We sit in his rocker and sing a couple verses of "Piano Man." I used to sing him primary songs, but at one point a few months ago he stopped me and said "No mommy! Pano man!" He's getting to the point where he sings bits of it along with us.

After Piano Man, we get in bed and sing Code Monkey. He can also sing bits of this with us. Brit lets him fill in the last word- ie, "Code monkey get up get..." "Coffee!"

After Code Monkey, Corbin gets up and locks his door, and goes back to bed to be tucked in and given ELEVEN hugs and SIX kisses (this is always how many he asks for), I give him a snuggle and ask what his favorite part of the day was, give him lots of loves, cover him with his blankie and give him his panda bear, and say goodnight. Brit and Corbin have a routine of saying "Goodnight Corbin!" "Goodnight Daddy!" Louder and louder through the door as he walks away. Daddy is more fun at bedtime, but for some reason he always wants Mommy lately.

Why?

Corbin is THOROUGHLY in his "why" phase. Sometimes I wonder if he's just doing it to be snarky and not because he's actually curious, because surely he doesn't understand everything he's asking.

An example from this morning (one of literally at least 10 similar conversations we've had so far today, and it's not even 9 am):
"Cereal all gone?"
"yup"
"Why?"
"Because I ate it all"
"Why?"
"Because I like it and I eat it every morning"
"Why?"
"Because I have to eat something every morning"
"Why?"
"Because I need fuel for my body to get through the day"
"Why?"
"Because your body needs energy to work right, and we get that from food. We eat the food, and then our body turns it into sugar and usable things and that makes our muscles move and our brains work and fixes our cells."

Usually by the time I get to the in-depth scientific explanations he loses interest and moves on to the next string of "why"s.