tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381409356982153648.post6890099639049312416..comments2023-06-27T21:40:11.702+10:00Comments on Forever Springtime: Game ChangerNellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00385287777104777041noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381409356982153648.post-11578707068429031902012-05-07T23:10:39.907+10:002012-05-07T23:10:39.907+10:00Thanks for the heads up, Leah... the clock idea so...Thanks for the heads up, Leah... the clock idea sounds great! Unfortunately we don't have an Aldi up here, but I'm sure I could find someone to buy one and send it up here (hint, hint, Nana!) With regards to her nap times, instead of pushing her to go to sleep, we are happy as long as stays in the bed and plays... and except for today, the last few days she's played and then we've found her asleep a little while later. Our little girl is certainly growing up... very fast!Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00385287777104777041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381409356982153648.post-84024178937094888902012-05-01T09:00:18.662+10:002012-05-01T09:00:18.662+10:00We used to be able to keep Master 3 (or master 2 a...We used to be able to keep Master 3 (or master 2 as he was then) in his cot until 9am some days. He'd wake up, talk and play, then go back to sleep. The big bed changed that completely, just like little Spring, until we discovered our special clock.<br />It was from Aldi, and you can set a Wake Up time (ours is 8am), when the clock turns green (there is a light inside it that makes the whole clock light up, and it has two levels of dimness too. If Master 3 gets up too early, we just ask him "Is your clock green?", and if the answer is "no", we just remind him to go back to his room and play quietly or read books until his clock goes green. If it is before 7am, he has to hop back into bed because we tell him it is too early, but he usually wakes up at around 7.15am, no matter what time he goes to bed, and is pretty good at playing quietly most days. We started the clock at 7am and made him stay in bed until then, and then added 15 mins every few days until we reached 8am, so weaned him into it.<br />We started having trouble with naps in the bed after he had been in it for a while, so we settled on him just having a rest anywhere in his room - occasionally he will take his pillow and blankie under the bed and sleep, or in a little tent that we have set up in his room. We've only found him under his bed at night a few times when we checked on him, and moved him into his bed.Leahnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381409356982153648.post-45755244321746340002012-04-28T23:44:31.270+10:002012-04-28T23:44:31.270+10:00The funny thing is, apart from the first time she ...The funny thing is, apart from the first time she got out and tapped me on the leg, she hasn't gotten out since! In the mornings, she still calls out to me like she used to in the cot! I don't know if that's a good or bad thing!<br /><br />Her nap times during the day are still unsuccessful in the big bed, so she ends up in the cot still. Hopefully that will change soon!<br /><br />And PS... glad you can now comment. I don't know why, but I'm just glad you can!Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00385287777104777041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5381409356982153648.post-82877140573025205292012-04-25T11:26:07.875+10:002012-04-25T11:26:07.875+10:00Maybe you will have to have to rule that we used, ...Maybe you will have to have to rule that we used, that if our door was closed you had to stay in your roomMrs Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17575472945933171690noreply@blogger.com