I used to read it to be
kids before bed time.
Not exact matches
This is something new to me as most of my inspirations come at night
before bed or in the morning when I am pretty sure my
kids don't want dinner for breakfast or dessert for dinner (well dessert for dinner I guess they wouldn't mind all to much - anyway the point is my inspirations tend to come at the wrong
times and I have to wait to embark on them).
Take
time before the
kids wake up or after they go to
bed.
As I've said
before, we don't co-sleep as such but the
kids come into our
bed a lot of
times & sometimes for much of the night (particularly Lydia who is still bf - ing).
My husband and I each pick a
kid and chase them down with forkfuls of whatever they don't gag on, and if we're lucky, there's enough
time to grab a few forkfuls of our own (likely burned) dinner,
before putting the
kids to
bed.
Kids need what they need, and if that's snuggle
time with mom
before bed, then that's what we give.
By the
time he comes home and has dinner with Jessa and the boys, there is only so much
time for family bonding
before the
kids need to go to
bed, and Ben needs to study.
A couple of weeks
before the first day of school, put your
kids to
bed a little earlier each night until they are used to their earlier
bed time.
Doing this up to four
times a day — and especially
before bed — may cut back on your
kid's congestion and help her sleep more soundly.
My husband and I spend some
time getting our 4 year old to
bed, and at 8:30 one or both of us goes down to the basement and spends a few minutes talking softly or reading to the
kids (they are in separate bedrooms),
before turning off their lights and leaving.
If your
kids go to
bed early, take a little bit of
time each night
before bed to focus on yourself and what you would like to do.
This is one of the reasons that our
kids are happy to spend
time in their
beds, why they sleep so well and why we get some extra
time to ourselves after nap and
before we get them in the morning.
If the
kids listen well and go to
bed on
time you'll have the personal energy to finish your housework
before you go to
bed.
Two days later, when I pumped and dumped from my cancerous breast for the first
time in my life, alone in the dark, after the
kids went to
bed and
before my husband came home from work, I cried because the liquid gold was suddenly a potential poison to my baby and there was nothing I could do about it.
For jittery
kids who spend all day at school or too much
time indoors during cold winter months, a weighted blanket may be just the trick to calm nervous energy
before bed and help to prolong deep sleep.
If you're playing on the go, just
before bed, or while the
kids / dogs / cattle / inmates are distracted, there's real moment - to - moment joy in every
time you pick it up.
I leave work each day at 5:30 p.m. so that I can have dinner with my family and spend
time with my
kids before bed.
We didn't set rules like the dinner had to be placed on the table at a certain
time or the
kids had to be in
bed before he got home from work.
The evening meal they offer is great for when your
kids need an extra snack
before bed time, and the family rooms all come with differently themed
kids» rooms!
Pick a
time - whether it's 30 minutes to curl up with your favorite magazine after the
kids are in
bed or an hour - long run
before work - to do something just for you.
Work is busy,
kids require energy, and the dishes and the laundry and the list goes on... and by the
time you fall into
bed at night, you're asleep
before your head hits the pillow.
Set a «
bed time» for media devices - this should happen one or two hours
before kids go to sleep, and applies to adults too so everyone gets into good habits.
This one can be really tough when you're working all day and then rushing to get dinner ready
before getting the
kids into
bed at a reasonable
time.
These may include statements such as what
time each child goes to
bed, that
kids are required to ask
before playing outside and that homework must be completed
before electronics are used.