Sticker Chart
Julia has made it two entire nights in a row without getting out of bed to wake either of us up! That is a huge miracle!!
I read online about some different techniques parents use to help their preschooler stay in their room. One parent got their child a stuffed animal to sleep with. One parent had a chart and the child was able to put a sticker on the days that they stayed in their bed all night. Knowing how much Julia loves stickers and how much cheaper that was than a stuffed animal, we thought we'd start with that one. And she has been so excited about it!
Last night Riley had a terrible thinking (that's what she calls it whenever she thinks about terrible things). She said it was about a witch. And that she doesn't want Halloween to come. She got out of bed twice and woke Jeremy up. The third time she went into Julia's room thinking I was in there. Instead she woke Julia up and she was crying loudly.
Jeremy went in to help Julia and I went into Riley's room to help Riley. Julia calmed down and went to sleep pretty easy and stayed in her room - great job Jules! Riley was very out of it and scared so I stayed in her room the rest of the night. It took her a while to get back to sleep, but once she did, she slept past 9am!
Jeremy was laughing when he told me that Julia woke up in the morning and without looking for either of us, she found a step stool downstairs, moved it to the kitchen counter and got her stickers. Then stuck it on a day on the calendar before going upstairs proudly to tell Jeremy what she had done. He said she had the cutest look on her face and couldn't have been more proud!
I read online about some different techniques parents use to help their preschooler stay in their room. One parent got their child a stuffed animal to sleep with. One parent had a chart and the child was able to put a sticker on the days that they stayed in their bed all night. Knowing how much Julia loves stickers and how much cheaper that was than a stuffed animal, we thought we'd start with that one. And she has been so excited about it!
Last night Riley had a terrible thinking (that's what she calls it whenever she thinks about terrible things). She said it was about a witch. And that she doesn't want Halloween to come. She got out of bed twice and woke Jeremy up. The third time she went into Julia's room thinking I was in there. Instead she woke Julia up and she was crying loudly.
Jeremy went in to help Julia and I went into Riley's room to help Riley. Julia calmed down and went to sleep pretty easy and stayed in her room - great job Jules! Riley was very out of it and scared so I stayed in her room the rest of the night. It took her a while to get back to sleep, but once she did, she slept past 9am!
Jeremy was laughing when he told me that Julia woke up in the morning and without looking for either of us, she found a step stool downstairs, moved it to the kitchen counter and got her stickers. Then stuck it on a day on the calendar before going upstairs proudly to tell Jeremy what she had done. He said she had the cutest look on her face and couldn't have been more proud!
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