Change of Plans

So just when I thought we had little man's night time routine figured out, he goes and throws me for a loop. Tonight was interesting. Dada was tired and achy after a long day at work, so I gave Ethan his bath and put on his PJ's. He graduated to Big Boy PJ's today (no feet in these suckers!).  Okay, all seems pretty routine, nothing much out of the ordinary.  He throws Mr Monkey and his pacifier out. And here is where we took a little detour.  He preceded to walk from one end of the crib (look! no hands,ma) to the other for about 5 minutes. Then he collapsed from exhaustion onto the mattress where he folded himself in half and started gnawing his toes through his sock.  Smacking his lips together after each nibble. This continued for a few minutes until he bit down too hard and decided that was the end of that.   Finally, he is calming down.  We do the belly to bed thrashing foot maneuver (see previous post) and now I am starting to think we are near sleep.  Oh, no.  Not this energizer bunny.  He springs back up for a few more attempts across the bed.  Then he leans against the railing,turns around and throws his head back to stare at the ceiling for a while. Mouth open gaping like he is at an air show.  He then gingerly lowers himself to the mattress,lays his head down and *ahhhh* closes his eyes. Where in the world did THAT come from?  Oh well, it sure was entertaining!