Nathan the Night Owl

Lately Nathan hasn't been wanting to go to bed. Even when I try to put him to bed on a regular schedule, he sits in there and plays. It's very entertaining to listen to him making all of that noise but it's better when he goes to sleep.

On some Fridays, Mondays, and Tuesdays, he goes to daycare at about 0615 which is way earlier than his usual 0800 time. He doesn't appreciate these days because they do not have his breakfast waiting for him as usual. Most of the time he is a good sport about it and will allow us to find him a book or game that he can play with. Unfortunately, everything becomes more dramatic when he is tired and he has just bawled the last two days when he arrived and there was no food.

This morning he was fussy and I loaded him into the truck. The dogs usually ride with me because I have to come home and get my patrol car after I drop Nathan off. Liberty hasn't been wanting to ride lately because of the puppies at the house so she has stayed. This morning I asked her if she wanted to go and she turned around and looked at the house so I told her she could stay and I closed the back door. Nathan burst into tears and started wailing. When I opened up the door he pointed at Liberty and cried.

So Liberty was loaded into the back seat to sit next to Nathan. He gave her a hug and patted her head, and we were off to daycare. She looked at me with confustion and I told her, "I can't figure our what makes him cry either. Just go along with it!" My mornings are way too dramatic.