Hi friend,

Our bedtime routine would sound ridiculous if I described it to a parenting expert. My youngest insists on hopping down the hall like a frog, getting wrapped like a "blanket burrito," and being carried "like a cinnamon roll" to bed.

Is it efficient? Not remotely. Is it consistent? Absolutely. Is it magical? In its own strange way.

Children crave ritual. It helps them make sense of a world they don't control. And in those seemingly silly moments, they're collecting memories not of perfection, but of presence.

So if your bedtime involves elaborate handshakes, specific stuffed animal arrangements, or saying goodnight to the bathroom mirror... lean into the beautiful strangeness of it all.

Those quirky rituals aren't delaying bedtime. They're building security that lasts well beyond childhood.

– Lila from Hi Tooth Fairy