If you are trying to get your child used to the idea of
bedtime and going to sleep easily, there are many different ways that you can
approach this. The first thing you have to bear in mind is that up until they
are teenagers, children will never want to go to bed. Whereas adults
relish the time they get to spend asleep, kids can always think of things they
would rather be doing, and the added mystery of staying up late, when they see
their parents staying up, or even older siblings with later bedtimes, will make
them ever more reluctant to head to bed at the time you have stated.
Making bedtimes interesting for children is key to
making it a time they enjoy and look forward to rather that something they
dread, and coming up with a fun bedtime routine can help with this. Reading
stories or playing audiobooks is one way to make already tired children drift
off, and allowing them 15 minutes or half an hour of playtime before their
official bedtime can help as well. but one of the ways that is guaranteed to
send them off to bed happy is to make their bedroom and bed a place they want
to be.
There are so many kids beds on the market that it can be
difficult to choose between them, but you should think about your child’s
personality and what they would enjoy in advance. A little girl with a fondness
for fairy stories and castles will love nothing more than a princess bed, and
there are plenty on the market to choose from. You could choose a castle shaped
bed which has a special nightlight or built in window feature. Alternatively
you could choose a slightly more grown up option and get a child sized version
of a four poster to make her feel like a real life princess. You can be
guaranteed that she will want to head to bed when she has her own kingdom to
command!
For boys, beds in the shape of vehicles tend to go down
well, as they can use their bed for play as well as sleep. If you can make
their 15 minutes of playtime before bed bring the bed into it, for example,
imagining they are racing around a track in their racecar bed, then it should
be much easier to get them to lie down and go to sleep.
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