Sleep tip 5
This has to be one of the best tips I can give and one that really works wonders. If your baby (over 10 months old) or toddler regularly resists going to sleep at bedtime, spend 15 mintues with them on the floor playing and connecting before bed. Somehow when our babies get too little of us (especially those of us who work) they resist separation at night. To counteract this, spend 15 min of COMPLETELY focussed time with your baby playing - not reading or walking or watching TV - playing with toys on the floor. Turn off the phone and really engage. Sound to simple? Try it!
Hi Meg.
This is a great sleep tip. I find the end of the day a most hairy time. Trying to cook, keep the kids out of trouble and tidying up and rush to bath time means that the end of the day is usually Horror Hour for me.For the last few nights I have made a real effort to try to calm the end of the day down. I start supper a little earlier, we eat without getting annoyed by how little Tom eats. We tidy up together making it a game. We have a lovely calm bath time, a story or two and then calmly go to bed. No matter what, the phone or door do not get answered and I try to focus fully on my boys. It has made a real difference.
Antoinette