Its been a hard last few months….. I’ve been running from here to there with kids since the school season started and I needed a break. This week the smartest thing I did was to start enforcing a bed time. First I had to get my husband on board which wasn’t exactly easy. We were up late talking about what the heck we were going to do so I asked if he had any solutions. The answer was “no.” I then said, “I have an idea.” Now that may not sound like much to you but for years my husband hated the idea of sending kids off to bed so I never said a word. Now we’re exhausted like most parents at the end of the night and we want some much needed sleep too so naturally the solution was – BED TIME! So we immediately went and told the kids the new plan and it went over like a ton of bricks trying to float. Wining, moaning, complaining and worse…… back talk ensued! All the more reason we were in need of a bed time and some rest.
We held firm…. and said that if you were’nt tired that you could simply stay up quietly in your room and listen to music or read a book but no television or computer. 2nd night…. That was when I expected the mutiny. After all they had all day to plan it! ☺ But, actually it went over really well. Only 1 kid (out of 4 total) was out of bed and we met his needs and sent him right back to bed and the other 2 complied without complaint on the second night too.
So I went to sleep that night getting a full nights sleep, everyone peaceful thinking “Why the heck didn’t I push this years ago.” ☻ Just thought I’d share another personal story about parenting with ‘ya! We’re parents just trying to do our best just like you! Night!
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