Dear Lincoln and Carver,

When it comes to sleep, the two of you are like night and day. Oil and water. Peanut butter and jelly. It is so easy to put Lincoln down. So easy. Carver, on the other hand, not so much.

If there is one thing that I have failed to do as a mother, it is teaching Carver how to properly go to sleep. For the last two night in a row in order to get Carver to sleep I have had to feed him a food pouch, in the bedroom, in the dark. Carver, honey, if you have this habit of eating a substantial meal before you go to sleep at night. I’m sorry. It was part of your night time routine.

Just now, I fed you a Cheesy Veggie pouch. You seem to like it. You also want to hold the pouch yourself and suck the food out. That is totally fine by me, however, sometimes you miss and pureed food goes everywhere… like just now. At least you’re asleep.