Adults!  Here I am!  LISTEN TO ME!  Sorry I’ve been away lately.  My mom has had a lot going on, what with all of her problems at the library and posting about audiobooks and other stuff that nobody cares about.  I kept asking her, “Mommy, when do I get to write another post?” and she’d say “Soon, sweetheart” and then jam another spoonful of watery zucchini in my mouth.  I mean, really.

So, as you can see, I’m being oppressed over here.  And not just by being made to eat soft vegetables.  My mom has gotten really smug about bedtime.  Did you see what she said in my ten month update?  She called bedtime a “sweet and cuddly time” and she told you all about how we read stories and say prayers and then I go to bed like a little angel.  Well… truth is, I have been going to bed like a little angel.  So first I’d just like to apologize to all of the babies out there, because I haven’t been keeping the faith.  My bad.

Anyway, to make it up to you, today, I’d like to share a very inspiring book about a bunny who does keep the faith.  It’s called Goodnight Moon, and it’s about a little bunny who convinces his grandma that he can’t go to sleep until he says goodnight to EVERYTHING IN HIS ROOM.  Seriously.  How inspiring is that?  (Okay, it’s not as inspiring as it would be if he’d pulled this over on Mommy or Daddy.  Everyone knows Grandma is an easier sell.  But you gotta start somewhere.)

So, the story goes like this: it’s bunny’s bedtime and he sits in his bed but he doesn’t go to sleep.  Nope, instead first he takes inventory of all of his toys.  This is a really important step, because if you don’t check to see that all of your toys are in the right place, how can you make the goodnights go on all night long?  Amirite?  Okay.  Then the bunny says goodnight to everything.  And I mean everything.  His room, the moon, the cow jumping over the moon (it’s just a picture, I know, I was disappointed too), his light (lights are great!), a balloon… I could go on, but I really want you to take this and make it your own.

This is my plan: all the babies, okay, all of us are going to take back Goodnight Moon.  Okay, babies?  Stop crying when you see the book come out because it only comes out at bedtime.  USE IT.  Ready?  Let’s practice together

Goodnight room.  Goodnight curtains.  Goodnight tulips.  Goodnight library cart.  Goodnight changing pad.  Goodnight stuffed lobster from Uncle Dan.  Goodnight rocker.  Goodnight quilt.  Goodnight pink baskets.  Goodnight little girl reading to bunnies.

I can do this all night, Mommy.

Goodnight fancy wipe container.  Goodnight linking rings.  Goodnight BabyLit board books.  Goodnight knockoff Robeez from Target.  Goodnight

Lesson for parents: zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.

If you’re not too tired, buy Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown here, or take your babies out to your local indie bookstore!  And then to a Gymboree class because that’s what cool moms do.