go back to bed!
Mitchell was up and wandering around his room before 6:00am this morning. By 6, both boys had sprung forth from their room and headed down the hall to the kitchen. They don't come and crawl into our bed these days.
Steven and I, being the World's Best Parents stayed in bed. A minute later we could hear drawers open and close and cutlery being dropped on the floor. Steven finally huffs down the hall and yells at them to go back to bed. They decide they don't want to. He tells them to go downstairs and play then (great follow-through eh?). He comes back to bed. They go downstairs. Two minutes later there's yelling and crying. Then they're screaming and fighting on the stairs. They come into our room. Steven chases them back into their room and tells them to go back to bed. He shuts the door. Now they're crying, screaming and mad. They're kicking the door. Steven goes back in another time, gives them each a smack on the bum and tosses them into their beds. They scream and cry some more, and pound on the walls. The saga continues.
Now, I've heard of this product called the Good Nite Lite. It's a programmable night light that glows blue over night and then in the morning it changes into an orange sun. You set the time. The kids are supposed to learn that night time isn't over until the sun comes out.
Given the joys of this morning so far, I feel that the night light would be a good idea. It might be nice if we weren't already disciplining kids before 6am. I'm all about smoother mornings.
Steven thinks it's dumb to spend (after shipping) $46 on a nightlight. I've already ordered it. The laptop makes early morning impulse buys so incredibly easy!
What do you think? Good idea? Or silly? Vote in my pole!
Steven and I, being the World's Best Parents stayed in bed. A minute later we could hear drawers open and close and cutlery being dropped on the floor. Steven finally huffs down the hall and yells at them to go back to bed. They decide they don't want to. He tells them to go downstairs and play then (great follow-through eh?). He comes back to bed. They go downstairs. Two minutes later there's yelling and crying. Then they're screaming and fighting on the stairs. They come into our room. Steven chases them back into their room and tells them to go back to bed. He shuts the door. Now they're crying, screaming and mad. They're kicking the door. Steven goes back in another time, gives them each a smack on the bum and tosses them into their beds. They scream and cry some more, and pound on the walls. The saga continues.
Now, I've heard of this product called the Good Nite Lite. It's a programmable night light that glows blue over night and then in the morning it changes into an orange sun. You set the time. The kids are supposed to learn that night time isn't over until the sun comes out.
Given the joys of this morning so far, I feel that the night light would be a good idea. It might be nice if we weren't already disciplining kids before 6am. I'm all about smoother mornings.
Steven thinks it's dumb to spend (after shipping) $46 on a nightlight. I've already ordered it. The laptop makes early morning impulse buys so incredibly easy!
What do you think? Good idea? Or silly? Vote in my pole!
Comments
She loves it and says it was well worth the money.
Hope it works for you as well as it did for her.
I told Steven that I wasn't paying $46 for an alarm clock, I was paying $46 for the joy of staying in bed until 7!
I'll let you know how it goes.
I want this nightlite too, so I'm voting yes!