How to Establish a Bedtime Routine For Your Little Princess
Often times, at the end of a very long day, getting your child off to bed can seem like an uphill challenge that might be destined to irritate you to no end when you’re already completely tired out from running around all day. When they are small, every day seems like an adventure with so many new things to see and do, so many new images and so much to explore. Often times she will just not want to go to bed and will be too excited about what she is doing or the thought of more exciting things to come.
Our motherly instincts should help us to understand that we need to create incentives to encourage her to really look forward to bedtime, just as she’s looking forward to playing with her favorite dolls and her other fun baby accessories. You need to make her psyched about going to bed – it will make your job a whole lot easier when it comes to the end of the tiring day.
One of the first things we should do is establish a routine, which can be easily repeated. Whilst young minds are looking for stimulation, education and growth, they also value the stability of a routine and if you make it fun, then you can achieve two goals at once.
Make an effort to incorporate the chores which she needs to do before she goes to bed into an easy to follow plan. For example, she may need to have a bath, use the bathroom, brush teeth, say her prayers and then go to bed. Give her the opportunity to put her own spin on this routine, and she’ll “buy into it” more quickly.
Often one of the best ways to make the bed seem more attractive is to make it look appealing. You should be able to identify some of her favorites by now – for example, she could have a favorite character from one of the books that she’s been reading, or a movie, cartoon or TV character she relates to. Why not create a theme in the bedroom, as you can get complete nursery bedding and accessory set themes based on almost every imaginable character.
Whilst you’re thinking about themes, why not make the PJs more theme oriented. Many little girls dream about being a princess and you can set up the room and her bed to project visions of an enchanted castle, to entice her into dreamland.
If you put a little thought and imagination into it and think way back to when you were a girl of her age, you should be able to make bedtime something that she really looks forward to as opposed to fighting against. Creating a special theme with appropriate nursery decoration could be fun for you as well as for her! Add some little games or other routines just prior to lights out and you should both be in for a restful night.
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