we scratched the routine.
last week, we had my brother darren over for turkey dinner, and knowing that it would be a struggle to get kaimana to go to sleep when he knows there someone new to play with, we let him stay up a bit later than usual. after darren left, we skipped bathtime and went straight into our jammies. i was picking him up from the changing table and getting ready to read books when i realized kaimana was pointing at his crib. huh, i thought, is he saying he wants to go to bed? so we turned off the lights and i set him in his crib. he sat there until i said "lay down and go to sleep", then he fell over and, well, went to sleep. so our new bedtime routine is much less grand, we simply put on jammies after picking up the toys and trot off to bed. kaimana actually follows me from the living room to his bedroom when i say "time for bed".
he also slept until 8:30 this morning. which i'm not about to expect everyday, but it sure was nice.