Bedtime routines for children...

i have this problem with my duaghter but without books "_" she is two years old and she does not save the letters to read books but she is hyper active espically at night. she is jumping over everything, broken things and even i bit her she cry a littel and return to play again , my and her mam can't sleep half of night but when she sleep finally she goes in deep sleep until 3 oclok afternoon. i want to have soualation for this case but i don't know what should i do

I would like to know though, what if any problems do you have with getting your children to bed at night? What works for you to get them to bed? hi there, my children basically have no problems when it's bed time especially if there is school, a simple sign like mixing milk or asking them to brush their teeth is a good clue for them already. Now on vacation days, I allow them to sleep a little later, so they will play games or use their pc. It's easy to make them go to bed but to be sure they are asleep is another thing and that is every good parent's delima ,guess we also did that when we were kids

The only thing that works for us to get our children to bed is to flat out threaten their lives. Of course I'm just kidding here. We allow Kathryn to read for about 20 minutes after she goes to bed because that is something that I did when I was a child and to this day I am still a reader. That said, we have actually never had a recurring problem with our children when it comes to bed time. There are isolated incidences where they don't want to go to sleep but it isn't a regular problem.

My daughter is only three but I have had this problem a few times with the book. I have found taking them away usually works. You may just have to move the bookcase out and just set new rules that all drawing be done during the day and all pens and paper to be given to you before bed. After a few weeks of struggle probably he will get into a better habit of going to sleep when it is bed time. My husband is still a poor sleeper and I know we should get rid of the TV in the room but he won't hear of it. I think it takes 21 days to form a new habit so hopefully after some time he will used to be sleeping and not waking up anymore. It is tough to be a parent if they only came with instructions.

Hello Buggles, i don't have children for now, but i would suggest you to tell your son that if he is resting more, he will do great job with his reading and writing. I can see myself when you write about him, i was the same way when i was child. I loved reading and writing and could do it all the time. But for writing we need fresh mind, our thoughts will be more clear if we are rested.

hi buggles64, diligent actually read one positive thing, just as parents we just need to set the time only of course with love approach.

I must say that reading is a really good habit and it brings lots of advantages, especially for children. I am so happy for you since your child likes reading so much. You shall encourage him. Of course children also need the routine bed time. Probably try to let your child go to bed earlier and then read the books for some time and then go to sleep? Perhaps he really needs to read some books everyday so that he will be happy. I love China

I don't have a lot of trouble getting my youngest in bed. She is pretty much ready to go..lol..but that 17 year old of mine would stay up all night if I didn't keep a close check on her...lol...she has a bedtime but I have opened that door and seen the light from the cell phone or laptop shining from under the sheets. We just turn the router off at a certain time now..lol. I have taken her cell phone for a while too. She can be a hand full. My youngest does love to read and write too. She stays up late on the weekend.

As my daughter goes for work we babysit our granddaughter. She is is two and a half years old with energy galore and by the time she is off to sleep our energy is drained off. Most of the time she prefers her grandpa to tell her stories, sing songs or list the activities of the day. He too patiently does everything for his granddaughter. At times she prefers stories from the book she takes along with her to the bed. Anyways putting a baby or a child to sleep is indeed a task that needs lots of tolerance and patience. Happy mylotting.

Well my baby loves to sing rhymes and songs so we let sing a few rhymes with him then tell him his favourite story and he goes to sleep smiling.