♦︎79 The 'Signal to End' Before Sleep

'Shall we go to sleep now...?'

The clock says 9:00 PM

Even though I finally finished everything,
the child suddenly gets energetic

Running
laughing
talking

I'm exhausted,
so I end up raising my voice

I tried talking to the nursery school teacher about it

'Children
are not good at suddenly calling it a day'

'That's why
you create 'preparations for sleep' little by little'

Dim the lights in the room, decide on the last game, finish with one picture book, for example

'And then,
use the same words every day before sleep'

'Like, 'We had fun today, didn't we?''

'When there is a consistent routine,
both the body and mind start preparing to sleep'

With those words,
my heart felt a little lighter

The next day,
I tried changing my habits just a little

Dim the lights, read the last picture book, and say the same words

Then,
the transition became a little faster

It's not that the child doesn't want to sleep; they just find it difficult to prepare for the end

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