The last few weeks my boys have been waking up way too early! The sound of their feet creeping into my room has become a sound I dread! They are really good about going back to their room with the instruction that they can come out in 30-40 minutes, but since they have no concept of time passing they end up coming out every 5-10 minutes to see if it is time yet! These small windows always end up being just enough time for me to fall back to sleep only to wake up with a face in my face!!
I saw this idea on a friends blog a few months ago and have decided to start it with the boys. I bought a cheap clock at Wal-mart and took off the plastic front, and colored the times that were unacceptable for them to be out of bed in red. I also colored the time they can get out of bed in green. I placed a sticker on the hour hand. So when the nose of the frog enters the green they can get out of bed!
The idea is:
When the frog is in Red
It is still time to be in bed
4 comments:
Funny, I thought I was the only person with that problem! That is the greatest idea ever! I am heading to walmart tomorrow! Thanks Heath!
That is such a good idea! I will definitely have to keep this in mind for when Trinity learns to tell time!
good idea, i will have to keep that in mind. in the mean time thank goodness for cribs!
I did this for Kate too! It worked really well. Later on I even added a colored area for her "quiet time" so she knew when she was allowed to come out then as well.
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