Posted AT 8:48 AM EDT on 22/04/06
Your secrets for bedtime success
Back when my son was 4, he was a nightmare to put to bed. His endurance to both stay awake and to hound me to get up again was incredible. Then I came up with a paradox that calmed him enough to snooze at a decent hour.
I told him that if he lay quietly in his bed for 15 minutes without a peep, he could get back up again. If he made a sound before the time was up, we'd have to start the 15 minutes over again.
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