When Jack was much younger, I used to hold him and walk around the house to the sound of a Andrea Bocelli or a Josh Groban CD playing in the background. These little “dances” used to help him fall asleep. I have long since abandoned this ritual with the excuse of, “well he just doesn’t like me for sleeping–Daddy’s for playing.” While my wonderful wife has let this total BS excuse fly for over a year, Jack recently decided that his sleep time routine needs to involve a lot more daddy time. For the past few nights, Jack hasn’t been going to sleep after our usual bed time routine, so I have taken up dancing with him again. We turn down the lights, I put on Time To Say Goodbye, and the baby’s head goes straight down on my shoulder. I usually have the song on repeat and by the time the it’s finished playing two times, he’s pretty much ready to be in bed.

Except this time. Instead of repeating the song, we moved on to the next song. He raised his head and pointed to the ground. I put him down and he started dancing to the song. It was a sleepy dance, where he basically just shifted his weight back and forth, but it was adorable. After the song was over, he asked me to pick him back up and we danced some more. And then as usual, mama put the baby down. Good times.

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