Scooby-snax

Our youngest girl just will not go to bed at a decent hour. Her twin brother goes up with no bother and her older sister will go up between 6:30 and 7:00 after a cup of milk and a story but, the little one?

No chance. I put her to bed and she's up and down for two hours or more. Most nights it's gone 9pm before she settles. It is draining the life out of us. Something has to be done.

We decided to try out a reward chart so, I printed up one for each of the kids with their pictures on them. They'll get a sticker for every time they do as we ask, concentraing on one behaviour at a time.

Big sister got a sticker for tidying up the toy room so the little one knows how it works. We put her to bed and promised her a sticker if she didn't get up until morning.

She did get up once but that was only because big sister got up during the night for a pee. We couldn't believe it, she got her sticker but wanted to wear it instead of putting it on the chart.

I'm not convinced the sticker worked and it wasn't just coincidence that she stayed in bed. We'll see tonight I guess.