"No Bath!" or "No Bed!"

Collin really does not like bed time right now. Forget asking him if he wants a bath because this will start the crying fit. He refuses to go upstairs when it's time to start getting ready for bed. He will eventually make it to his room or the bath area but he is not too happy about it. Saturday night, after I took his day clothes off, he dug them out of the dirty clothes area, grabbed his shoes he wore that day, walked over to his door and wanted out of his room. He was crying the entire time he did this and saying "no bed!!!". We eventually were able to get him to crawl into bed but he was still not happy about it.

Last night, he threw a similar fit but did not even want to take a bath. Daddy put Collin's PJs on him (Collin did not help with this process like he usually does) and THEN decided he wanted a bath. Before this, he was telling me "no bath" and "no teeth" (because he did not want to brush his teeth). He cried until we finally got him in bed and I calmly read 3 books to him. He wanted more but we all knew that this was just to delay going to sleep. We stayed in the room while his music played. Daddy rubbed Collin's hair when Collin calmed down and relaxed.

I guess he thinks if he does any of these bed time activities, then he is helping himself get to bed. If he does not, then he does not have to get in bed. It does not work that way and ends up wearing all of us out.