http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/does-your-child-need-a-bedtime-routine-yes/ To Inspire with Ideas and Practical Tips on Parenting Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:38:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/does-your-child-need-a-bedtime-routine-yes/#comment-64165 Parent Extremis » Blog Archive » Both parent and child can win Tue, 31 Jul 2007 10:16:27 +0000 http://www.parentingideas.org/articles/general/does-your-child-need-a-bedtime-routine-yes/#comment-64165 [...] Both parent and child can win July 31st, 2007 by Michael Davidsen Parenting Ideas.org offers some advice on how bedtime routines and rituals make it easier for children to go to bed. When I babysat for my two-year-old nephew, his parents told me that I needed to close the door and ignore his crying, but they didn’t tell me that his bedtime ritual always closed with a hug and a squeeze. So He ended up lying on the floor sobbing, “Hug and a squeeze! Hug and a squeeze!” and I thought I was supposed to dutifully hold firm and not give in. His English skills were not fully polished at that age, of course, and I couldn’t understand his accent. I don’t know what language he spoke before he was born, but it wasn’t English. You can tell these things. [...] […] Both parent and child can win July 31st, 2007 by Michael Davidsen Parenting Ideas.org offers some advice on how bedtime routines and rituals make it easier for children to go to bed. When I babysat for my two-year-old nephew, his parents told me that I needed to close the door and ignore his crying, but they didn’t tell me that his bedtime ritual always closed with a hug and a squeeze. So He ended up lying on the floor sobbing, “Hug and a squeeze! Hug and a squeeze!” and I thought I was supposed to dutifully hold firm and not give in. His English skills were not fully polished at that age, of course, and I couldn’t understand his accent. I don’t know what language he spoke before he was born, but it wasn’t English. You can tell these things. […]

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