So what is it about kids and bedtime? Personally, if someone helped me into my PJ’s, cleaned my teeth, asked me to get into a nice warm, comfy bed and read me a story, I’d be extremely delighted. I’d be only too happy to snuggle down, shut my eyes and forget about the stresses of the day. However, not so where kids are involved! Why do they insist on arguing, crying and getting themselves all worked up? Is it some element of the bedtime routine that I am missing? Is there a secret to this task?
Once, I made Abbie and Millie a certificate (a printed certificate - laminated – I went to some trouble for this!!) that said “I went to bed by myself”, just to try to get them to get their PJ’s on, clean their teeth, go for a wee, get into bed and GO TO SLEEP by themselves! Does that make me a bad mother? So desperate for a night off from the monotony of the bedtime regime and the whining, moaning and crying that seems to go with the ‘actually going to sleep’ faze! The amount of nights I used to sit at the top of the stairs waiting to go back in and calm Abbie down or put her back in bed. Just for information, the certificate only worked for one night…after that the novelty wore off! So, onto the next incentive to go to bed nicely……..!
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