Another night of up and down, up and down. Sophea and Clara will just not go to sleep on a consistent basis. This of course is due to my constantly giving in! My husband works early and I don't like their noise to disturb him so if they can make it awake until 10 they are golden. But I must admit to giving in early on occasion, maybe more than on occasion. It's part of my continued determination to keep them my babies and my love for snuggling with them.
What's a mama to do? I know that for their own good I need to get them on a consistent sleep schedule. We tried the magnet board with reward and that worked fairly well for about a week. After that they really just rebelled against it. They wanted their reward AND they wanted to stay up.... but the up was more important than the reward. I think the reward was too grand the first week and everything else paled in comparison. Now the magnet board is just a toy that hangs on the wall.
SO I thought up a new idea! They like to stay up so much? Then maybe we can do our magnet board to earn a slumber party night with mommy! Then we all still get our snuggle time, but they are earning a privilege they can be proud of instead of having a nightly battle when I need "big people" time and they need a good night's rest! Wish me luck!
And here they are.... they are super sweet, though!
Do you struggle with bedtimes? Have you found any great ideas for getting your kiddos to bed?
Well lets see, its 11pm and my 3 year old is still awake, so yes we struggle with bedtime. No great ideas here, all I do is shorten his naps so he's more tired by the days end but like today, I don't always wake him up early enough.
ReplyDeleteWe went to no naps at all and all I did was regret that because now it's hard to get start that again. This is working pretty well so far though so I'm keeping my fingers crossed
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