3 day rule

hisbabybear

A mom friend of mine told me that whenever you do something with your LO, if you do it 3 days in a row, you will see a significant improvement. Also if you want to keep a routine, it will stay the same unless you mess it up 3 days in a row.

For example: When I got DS to start napping in his crib i put him down drowsy but awake and I never once let it slide during the first 3 days and i really saw a significant difference. Now he has no problem with it! 

coincidence or has any one heard of this before? 

katypresson

Sounds like it would work!

FirefightersBride

i'm going to try this!

brideofscowboy

Humans by nature are habit forming creatures. For adults, the magic number is 26. Do something for 26 days in a row and it becomes a habit....now only if I could put this in practice when it comes to working out....I'm on day 2.

hisbabybear

brideofscowboy:

Humans by nature are habit forming creatures. For adults, the magic number is 26. Do something for 26 days in a row and it becomes a habit....now only if I could put this in practice when it comes to working out....I'm on day 2.

you can do it!

JCM

Nope, my mom says the same thing.  For babies and children in general it takes 3 days to make or break a habit.

lauralee1

I have heard this