Comments on: Putting Kids to Bed http://www.damienriley.com/putting-kids-to-bed/ blog of a teacher, songwriter, and lifelong learner Sat, 20 Mar 2010 17:23:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Lake Isabella Trip 2009 – importance of vacations http://www.damienriley.com/putting-kids-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-6855 Lake Isabella Trip 2009 – importance of vacations Tue, 09 Feb 2010 02:56:25 +0000 http://www.damienriley.com/?p=572#comment-6855 [...] in the low thousands. It’s a well kept secret it seems but after the recession I could see family vacation rental homes start going in. Going there you have a sense of getting away from the rat race and into a quieter, [...] [...] in the low thousands. It’s a well kept secret it seems but after the recession I could see family vacation rental homes start going in. Going there you have a sense of getting away from the rat race and into a quieter, [...]

]]> By: Stop, Look, and Support http://www.damienriley.com/putting-kids-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Stop, Look, and Support Sun, 05 Oct 2008 23:13:01 +0000 http://www.damienriley.com/?p=572#comment-1082 [...] example is that my wife has been taking some real strides in parenting. I am so glad to see the charts she has created for our son and daughters to get them in bed on [...] [...] example is that my wife has been taking some real strides in parenting. I am so glad to see the charts she has created for our son and daughters to get them in bed on [...]

]]> By: Damien Riley http://www.damienriley.com/putting-kids-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-1080 Damien Riley Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:18:12 +0000 http://www.damienriley.com/?p=572#comment-1080 That is exciting about the alphabet stuff. Very important for K. That is exciting about the alphabet stuff. Very important for K.

]]> By: Dragon Blogger http://www.damienriley.com/putting-kids-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-1081 Dragon Blogger Sat, 04 Oct 2008 03:24:26 +0000 http://www.damienriley.com/?p=572#comment-1081 Bed Time has never really been an issue in my house, my 2 year old goes to sleep at 6:30pm and my 5 year old goes to sleep at 7:30pm. The know their times and they don't fight it very much. We have a set routine, after dinner we play a bit, until about 5:30 pm every night, then it is bed time movie while they drink some milk and have a small snack, usually a disney pixar flick never something to get them worked up. With my boys, I was reading them a story every single night, but now that my son just started kindergarten, he spends from 6:45 - 7:30 practicing writing letters and drawing numbers on my desk while I do blog work. He has already 95% accuracy on every letter in the alphabet upper and lower case, and he just turns 5 tomorrow. <abbr><em><abbr><em>Dragon Bloggers last blog post..<a href="http://www.dragonblogger.com/2008/10/technorati-reinstated-blog/" rel="nofollow">Technorati re-instated my blog</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Bed Time has never really been an issue in my house, my 2 year old goes to sleep at 6:30pm and my 5 year old goes to sleep at 7:30pm. The know their times and they don’t fight it very much.

We have a set routine, after dinner we play a bit, until about 5:30 pm every night, then it is bed time movie while they drink some milk and have a small snack, usually a disney pixar flick never something to get them worked up.

With my boys, I was reading them a story every single night, but now that my son just started kindergarten, he spends from 6:45 – 7:30 practicing writing letters and drawing numbers on my desk while I do blog work. He has already 95% accuracy on every letter in the alphabet upper and lower case, and he just turns 5 tomorrow.

Dragon Bloggers last blog post..Technorati re-instated my blog

]]> By: Jessica The Rock Chick http://www.damienriley.com/putting-kids-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-1085 Jessica The Rock Chick Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:54:25 +0000 http://www.damienriley.com/?p=572#comment-1085 Bedtime was about the only part of parenting toddlers that I found incredibly difficult, especially with my son. Oh my, he would scream, bang his head into the walls and floor, etc. We had 4 kids under 6 at the time, believe me, we had a routine! I didn't even know what to do because my first to weren't too bad about going to bed and if daughter #3 wasn't in bed by 8:00 she would stand there and cry until you put her in bed. (strange, I know, but the kid also prefers green peppers over candy, so what can I say?) The doctor told me to let him yell. Hardest thing I ever did, but within 3 days when he knew I wasn't giving into that, it stopped. P.S. Now he's 13 and wants to sleep all the time LOL <abbr><em><abbr><em>Jessica The Rock Chicks last blog post..<a href="http://lifeisrantastic.blogspot.com/2008/10/handbag-jive.html" rel="nofollow">Hand(bag) Jive</a></em></abbr></abbr></em> Bedtime was about the only part of parenting toddlers that I found incredibly difficult, especially with my son. Oh my, he would scream, bang his head into the walls and floor, etc.

We had 4 kids under 6 at the time, believe me, we had a routine! I didn’t even know what to do because my first to weren’t too bad about going to bed and if daughter #3 wasn’t in bed by 8:00 she would stand there and cry until you put her in bed. (strange, I know, but the kid also prefers green peppers over candy, so what can I say?) The doctor told me to let him yell.

Hardest thing I ever did, but within 3 days when he knew I wasn’t giving into that, it stopped.

P.S. Now he’s 13 and wants to sleep all the time LOL

Jessica The Rock Chicks last blog post..Hand(bag) Jive

]]> By: Damien Riley http://www.damienriley.com/putting-kids-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-1084 Damien Riley Thu, 02 Oct 2008 15:36:11 +0000 http://www.damienriley.com/?p=572#comment-1084 Yes but just once. You might look him in the eye after the story and say: "You KNOW I will come back in 15 minutes. If you are up and around, you will get a time out (etc. consequence)." Our daughtter now is without fail asleep when we do the second check. It's tough, I feel for you. let me know how it goes. Yes but just once. You might look him in the eye after the story and say: “You KNOW I will come back in 15 minutes. If you are up and around, you will get a time out (etc. consequence).”

Our daughtter now is without fail asleep when we do the second check.

It’s tough, I feel for you. let me know how it goes.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.damienriley.com/putting-kids-to-bed/comment-page-1/#comment-1083 Patrick Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:55:29 +0000 http://www.damienriley.com/?p=572#comment-1083 Going through a similar stage - with our two and half year old son. It the same every night 1 - Bath, 2 - On with his pj's 3 - back downstairs to get some milk 4 - up to bed for a story 5 - leave the room and say we will be back But the minute I am out of the room he is up out of bed and trying to get back downstairs. As a result we regularly end up reading until he falls off to sleep. Did you have a similar challenge at the start? - how do you get them to stay in their bed? Going through a similar stage – with our two and half year old son.

It the same every night
1 – Bath,
2 – On with his pj’s
3 – back downstairs to get some milk
4 – up to bed for a story
5 – leave the room and say we will be back
But the minute I am out of the room he is up out of bed and trying to get back downstairs. As a result we regularly end up reading until he falls off to sleep.

Did you have a similar challenge at the start? – how do you get them to stay in their bed?

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