DJ has done GREAT this week with going to bed considering how low my expectations were of this to work out well. The key has been to figure out how to calm him down before bedtime... not an easy task.
This week, Daddy had the main job of putting DJ to bed so he tried a new technique. He downloaded a few Charlie Brown cartoons from iTunes, including the Thanksgiving Day Special, and would sit down with DJ to watch them. DJ was required to sit in Daddy's lap to watch the videos, no playing.
DJ loved the Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Day Special. He laughed out loud when Snoopy was battling the lawn chair. :-)
By the end of the video, DJ was rubbing his eyes and yawning, so Daddy took him to his room to read him books. DJ crawled into bed on his own after that, and asked Daddy to hold his hand. 5-10 minutes later, Steve emerged from his room, and we had a sleeping boy.
Each morning, DJ has gotten a car magnet for his progress board, too. He'll get another magnet tomorrow morning, totally three since he got his last car sticker, so he'll get to celebrate by putting a car sticker on his wall.
Now we just have to teach him to stay in bed in the mornings!!!! Time to put some age-appropriate toys that he hasn't seen in his room to entertain him, I suspect.... Either that or SLEEP IN.... ok so that'll only happen when pigs fly... or when he turns 13, whichever comes first.
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