How to Develop Bedtime Routines

How to create a bedtime routine that works for you and your child.
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Developing a Routine That Works

Pleasant bedtime routines ease the transition from being awake to being asleep by helping children feel more secure and comfortable about what they can expect at the end of every day. To create a bedtime routine that works for your toddler and that will serve her and you for years to come, put together a predictable sequence of events that you can consistently follow in the same order every night. The actual routine will evolve and change as your child grows, but the basics remain the same. At this age, the bedtime routine might involve the process of putting on PJs, brushing your child's teeth, and reading her a good-night story. Or, your routine may involve a bath and a song, and a story, and another song, and a glass of water, and another story. It's up to you to decide if you want to make it quick and easy or if you want to allow 20 to 30 minutes for special and exclusive time with your child for reading, snuggling, and being together.

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jrhunter308 wrote:

my daughter have white and asian lineage and she have red, black, brown, blond highlights its so pretty, but I think those only last till their pre-k some earlier!

3/21/2011 11:44:32 AM Report Abuse
jeffnashplus4 wrote:

actually natural hair can be like that!!! my daughter's hair is like that and has never had anything in her hair. she has compliments all the time about her hair. I am not saying this because she is mine but she has the prettiest natural hair i have ever seen on a child!!! i have 2 other girls and they don't have hair like that but my oldest does!!!

3/22/2010 03:40:31 PM Report Abuse
2pigtailsup wrote:

does that kid have highlights?? what the heck??? natural hair does not have those perfect strips of color.

3/21/2010 09:52:10 AM Report Abuse
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