{"id":223,"date":"2006-09-29T13:55:36","date_gmt":"2006-09-29T13:55:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pat-matthews.com\/stories\/2006\/09\/29\/goodnight-underwear\/"},"modified":"2006-09-29T13:55:36","modified_gmt":"2006-09-29T13:55:36","slug":"goodnight-underwear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pat-matthews.com\/stories\/2006\/09\/29\/goodnight-underwear\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodnight Underwear"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our regular bedtime routine ends with me taking the N to bed. Over the months, this routine has evolved into a pretty well-defined thing. After we read Good Night Moon, I pick him up, turn off the night light, sing Rockabye<\/a>, and then put him in his crib. I tuck the blanket around him and he goes to sleep.<\/p>\n

The only difficulty that crops up occasionally is that he asks for a different song. Fortunately, I have a pretty wide repertoire now (Stay Awake, Spiderman, Sing a song, Let it Be, Chim-Chimaney, and so forth) so that’s not a problem.<\/p>\n

The other night it was a problem.<\/p>\n

As I started to sing, N objected. “No, no, no, no, no! Sing Mr. Richard’s song!”<\/p>\n

Mr. Richard is a local children’s singer who does a really, really good job. He’s pretty much tied with Laurie Berkner as our favorite children’s singer. Unfortunately, I couldn’t remember any of his songs. The problem isn’t the songs, it’s that I never hear them. “I’m sorry,” I said. “I can’t remember any Mr. Richard songs. How about you sing one?”<\/p>\n

He thought about that for a little while, and then (very quietly) said “sing, sing a song.”<\/p>\n

“I know that one!” I said, thinking he was doing the Sesame Street version. “La la, la-la-la, la la, la-la-la, Sing. Sing a song”<\/p>\n

“No, no, no, no, no!” He interrupted. “Not smee street! Mr. Richard!”<\/p>\n

I’m really growing to hate his five “No”s. Bedtime, however, is not the time to pick a fight. Instead, I said “Okay, sing it again.”<\/p>\n

He whispered “sing, sing a song.”.<\/p>\n

For some reason, this triggered my memory of another Mr. Richard song. “I got one!” I said. He looked at me, waiting, so I sang<\/p>\n

Underwear, underwear,
always make sure that you’re wearing a pair
Underwear, underwear,
Underwear is the best!<\/em><\/p>\n

“Yeah!” he said, and snuggled his head into my shoulder. I did that verse two more times (since I couldn’t remember any more), and then lifted him into the crib. <\/p>\n

“Good night, little man” I whispered.<\/p>\n

He rolled over under the blanket. “Goodnight Underwear.”<\/p>\n

[For those who are interested, here is Mr. Richard’s web site<\/a>. Here is Laurie Berkner’s<\/a>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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