![]() ![]() Sometimes children say they’re hungry at bedtime. You can phase out these checks as your child gets better at settling themselves.īedtime routines work best when they’re used consistently by all the grown-ups who settle your child. You’re doing a good job of quiet resting’. If you go back to check on your child, give them some brief and gentle praise – for example, ‘Well done for staying in bed. Next you can say ‘Goodnight’, ‘I love you, sleep tight’ or whatever you usually say when your child goes to bed. You can also say, ‘I’ll come back and check on you once you’re quiet’. Turn on a night-light if this makes your child feel more comfortable.īefore you leave the bedroom, you can say that you want your child to stay quietly in bed – for example, ‘It’s time to rest quietly in bed’. ![]() Has your child had a drink? Been to the toilet? Brushed teeth? If your child starts calling out or getting out of bed again at a particular time, you might need to keep that time for another few nights before gradually making it earlier.īefore turning out the light, check that your child has done all the things that might cause calling out later. For example, make your child’s bedtime earlier by 15 minutes every 3 nights until you get to the bedtime you want. Once your child is falling asleep regularly at a later time, you can slowly make the bedtime earlier. This is called bedtime fading, and it will make it more likely that your child will settle to sleep rather than getting up and down. If your child takes more than 30 minutes to fall asleep, try making your child’s bedtime closer to the time your child can actually fall asleep. If your child is taking a long time to fall asleep, you might be putting your child to bed too early. Here are some things to think about when you’re setting up or changing a bedtime routine to deal with calling out or getting out of bed. avoiding screen-based activity in the hour before bedtime – that is, avoiding TV, computer games or tablets and other devices.avoiding loud or boisterous play before bedtime. ![]()
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