The days seem to fly by faster and faster these days.....and before you know it, bedtime has arrived. I know that in our home, some days the kiddies are not quite ready to head off to bed when the time comes. So we started a routine to make bedtime just that much more exciting for them. We started reading a book every night before bed. Hubby and I each head to one of the kiddies rooms each night, they pick out a story, and we each read a nighttime story to them. They love stories before bed...some days (especially library days) Little Man even picks out his bedtime story hours before bedtime even arrives.......he is that excited to hear the story!!
On occasion we may read 2 stories....and afterwards we chit chat a bit about the fun day they had, or anything else they might want to chat about for a few minutes. It has definitely made bedtime for us a lot easier and more fun for the kiddies too!! They look forward to it these days rather than dread it! Plus for hubby and I we get a little one-on-one time with each of them every single night!!! What more could we ask for???
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We started this too, and it ended the struggle of getting my daughter into bed. She used to try any tricks she could think of to stall bedtime. Now, she is excited and knows she gets our undivided attention. Great tip!
How old is your little girl again?
Cheeks just will not sit still for me to read him a book or he grabs it, yells "Mine" & then throws it.
Good times!
Meg. Little Miss is just under 2...she loves books!!! I think too since her brother is so into them she's so interested in them as well!! Monkey see, monkey do! LOL
This is also part of our bed time routine. Bath and then books. We (all four of us) actually all pile on "Mama and Daddy's bed" to read. So fun and so many memories being made. Enjoy!
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