Tell me about your 3-yo's bedtime.

Sxia

Mine will ask for a cup of water. More water. Story, another story, music. No, not that music. She gets out of bed.

 What do you do to get your little one to just go to bed? I try not to "play the game" but DH will lay down with her and tries to make her laugh, which wakes her up more, (she has a full sized bed -- our old guest bed) and then they both fall asleep, leaving me all alone. Sometimes that's a good thing, sometimes not so much.

Does anyone have a kid who you say "Bedtime" read a book and they're out?

JulieandBen

Jack just turned three today but I'll answer anyway. Jack is getting better. He's good when my husband puts him down which is about half the time. Although, my husband says he puts our son down more often. When I put him down, he starts saying 'Mom, I need you' even before I have left the room. Lately it's because he says he's scared. Things were a lot worse a while ago. We'd find him out playing quietly or just getting up over and over again. I think it helps if I let him take one car or a book to bed with him (his choice). He can quietly play in bed but he is not to get up unless he needs to use the bathroom. We keep a half full sippy on his nightstand for him. I have a full bottle of water on my nightstand. He gets thirsty too. The book or one toy really helped us along with telling him he didn't have to go to sleep if he wasn't ready. It put the control on him and he almost always fell asleep quickly.

There are the evenings when he wants to hear only Bob Marley's Three Little Birds and not the entire play list I have for him. I tell him one time and then it moves on to other songs. He gets the choice of music. All Bob, playlist with mostly reggae and Dave Matthews or well that's it.
 

JulieandBen

I forgot. We always talk about how bed time will go so Jack knows what to expect. Even though it is the same every night. Four books, then prayers. I count down the books so he knows when we are getting to our last book, Urban Babies Wear Black. This way there are no surprises and he knows the rules. This is the routine and then it's night night time. It helps us to make him part of the process.

almostjennifer

Ur, well, if she keeps it up for too long, we lock her door from the outside (we turned the knob around). 

Lecy09

We start our bedtime routine around 7:45 PM, we start with a bath, get him dressed, brush teeth(I let him 'brush his teeth', then tell him I get a turn. Settle him down by letting him pick out a couple of books. Tuck him into bed. Sometimes he says that he's afraid of the dark, put his night light on have him go to sleep. He'll settle himself and go to bed sometimes he'll delay going to bed by asking for a little bit of water, usually after that he's out for the night,

-Lecy

Mommy to Ryan (8*9*06)