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Man, I love putting my kid to bed. (midwest.social)

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Dad here. I love putting my kid to bed. For nearly a year she only wanted mommy to do it. But she asks for me mostly now, and I've been soaking it up. I love reading books. I love singing her to sleep. I love the little tired conversations.

I don't love all the attempts to delay bedtime... but we've got a decent routine that's taken most of the fights out of it.

I just wanted to share while I'm still feeling the glow of a successful putdown.

I hope y'all feel that joy when you can. Stay safe out there.

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Fantastic! I do sometimes miss it, but I miss a lot about their childhood.

Is it allowed to say something good about Reddit? Long after my kids grew out of wanting to be read to at bedtime, we would take turns reading and discussing r/aita as something both enjoyable and discovering wisdom in complex social interactions. I miss that too, but my kids are in college now so even if we were still on Reddit that would no longer be happening