One of the many ways Claire would wake me up when she was little. Are you ever woken against your will by a kid and/or pet?
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I count to help my 2-year-old with transitions. “OK, it’s almost time to go. I’ll count to 30 and then we’ll leave the park. 1… 2… 3…”
Until I reach 30, she can do whatever she wants; it’s not time to go yet; the time is hers. “…28… 29… 30.” Then I pick her up, and she almost never fusses. I’ve been doing it since before she was talking, and it works great, and she can count to 15 or so.
If she counted down the minute until I had to wake up, I’d laugh to myself and say, “Yeah, I earned that one.”
Ps. I also use other sequences – letters, days of the week, months of the year, continents, planets – it’s a great opportunity to get her familiar with new words. Just from me reciting the (top few rows of the) Periodic Table a bunch of times, now when I say “hydrogen… helium…” she’ll say “lithium-b’ryllium-boron-carbon-nitrogen-oxygen-f’orine-neon!”
my sis does that to me! why, rose, are you reading this, pester mom and dad for a change, she started it yesterday, now i get 90 minutes of sleep, ”sigh”
I count to help my 2-year-old with transitions. “OK, it’s almost time to go. I’ll count to 30 and then we’ll leave the park. 1… 2… 3…”
Until I reach 30, she can do whatever she wants; it’s not time to go yet; the time is hers. “…28… 29… 30.” Then I pick her up, and she almost never fusses. I’ve been doing it since before she was talking, and it works great, and she can count to 15 or so.
If she counted down the minute until I had to wake up, I’d laugh to myself and say, “Yeah, I earned that one.”
Ps. I also use other sequences – letters, days of the week, months of the year, continents, planets – it’s a great opportunity to get her familiar with new words. Just from me reciting the (top few rows of the) Periodic Table a bunch of times, now when I say “hydrogen… helium…” she’ll say “lithium-b’ryllium-boron-carbon-nitrogen-oxygen-f’orine-neon!”
Love it! That’s so great.
That’s a genius idea.
Every single day of my life for more than 40 years…I am awakened by first my kids and now my dogs. lol
For more than 40 years!
my sis does that to me! why, rose, are you reading this, pester mom and dad for a change, she started it yesterday, now i get 90 minutes of sleep, ”sigh”