Jase's Morning Ritual

Jase is a funny kid that likes a routine. There are several things throughout the day that he likes done a certain way. One of those things is his morning ritual.

When I go in to get him in the morning I always turn off his lamp and open his blinds then usually we play peek-a-boo for a second through the rails on his crib. Once I pull him out he insists on finding the two binkies he slept with (which are usually on the floor).Most of the time one has fallen back behind his bed and so once he has one of them and can't find the other he knows he needs to look back there.

So he makes me pull his bed out and he climbs back behind it to retrieve that last binki. Once he has crawled back out and I put the bed back...

He'll  then say, "Basket, basket" and I have to get that basket down from the dresser and he will throw the binkies in there for the day.  Then he will proceed to lay down on the floor so I can change his diaper. This is something that must take place every single day and is repeated after naps also.  He is very good about putting the binks up for the day, but I know it will be a nightmare when we try to take them away at night, and I'm just not ready for that yet. So until then, I am sure he will continue to make sure he has each and every bink accounted for every time he wakes up!