Bedtime, please help! - Page 2

[henny penny]

Taking notes......this is a jackpot of good ideas!

[lyrebird]

I haven't read all replies so apologies in advance if I'm doubling up.

I also like giving chamomile with a little honey - apparently honey is good to help the "excarnation" process which people talk about in relation to going to sleep. I have a feeling it's not really recommended for real littlies for this reason though (I'm guessing here, but under threes - anyone else know?). Or perhaps only in small doses at those particular times. Milk and honey is a good one too.

Do you have a lyre or something that you can play gently at bedtime (only listening while the instrument is singing?).

Lavendar bath milk works well - if nothing else then just for us as parents at that frazzled time of day!

I think it's a positive thing to go through the day's events, a useful habit to nurture, but only at a particular time - it's good to have that scheduled in at some point so they know they're going to have a chance to be heard.

I second an earlier bed time, though it can add to the stress.

That's all I can think of right now.
good luck!

[mamaUK]

Originally Posted by lyrebird

I think it's a positive thing to go through the day's events, a useful habit to nurture, but only at a particular time - it's good to have that scheduled in at some point so they know they're going to have a chance to be heard.

good luck!

what would be a good way of opening up this conversation? We don't do this and i'm not sure of a good opening to the conversation ♥

[lyrebird]

Originally Posted by mamaUK

what would be a good way of opening up this conversation? We don't do this and i'm not sure of a good opening to the conversation ♥

We don't actually need to schedule it in as such, it just seems to happen. DH and I both have our goodnight cuddle time with him and I guess he sometimes says different things to both of us as we often compare notes. If he doesn't say anything then I'll just make a comment sometimes or ask a specific question and the conversation will go on from there. E.g. it was fun doing x today... or was z at school today? nothing too heavy! Sometimes I might pick out something he did that I was really impressed with and others I might talk about how we could do something better the next day, but not refer to the behaviour negatively, just in terms of what we can strive for. We usually finish with looking forward to one or two expected events for the coming day.