Comments on: Tackling the Challenges of Bedtime http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2007/02/10/tackling-the-challenges-of-bedtime/ Tips for parenting, pregnancy, and all things baby... Sun, 12 Feb 2012 03:53:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cathy http://www.letstalkbabies.com/2007/02/10/tackling-the-challenges-of-bedtime/comment-page-1/#comment-237 Cathy Sun, 11 Feb 2007 16:43:24 +0000 http://www.letstalkbabies.com/index.php/2007/02/10/tackling-the-challenges-of-bedtime/#comment-237 Spend sometime before the getting ready for bed ritual begins winding down. If your child is all wound up right before they go to bed they are more likely to fight it. Think of a few activities you can do that are fun but quiet. This is a very important point and one that we ignore even for ourselves as adults. We all need to disengage from busy activities including TV and movies to quiet ourselves so we can have a quiet restful sleep. We can't expect to abruptly change from busy energy to a quiet energy without quieting our minds and bodies first :) Activities could include rocking in a rocking chair with your child in your lap or sitting on the sofa with the lights low and just being quiet together. Spend sometime before the getting ready for bed ritual begins winding down. If your child is all wound up right before they go to bed they are more likely to fight it. Think of a few activities you can do that are fun but quiet.

This is a very important point and one that we ignore even for ourselves as adults. We all need to disengage from busy activities including TV and movies to quiet ourselves so we can have a quiet restful sleep. We can’t expect to abruptly change from busy energy to a quiet energy without quieting our minds and bodies first :) Activities could include rocking in a rocking chair with your child in your lap or sitting on the sofa with the lights low and just being quiet together.

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