Sentences with phrase «put him to bed instead»

My husband tried to settle him and put him to bed instead of me when he turned two years old.

Put yourself to bed instead of your child.

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I had originally emptied out a large suitcase and turned it into a makeshift Moses basket for him [Brown Owl would have been proud] but I got so many comments and Lady Bracknell impersonations [yes that's right, I put my baby to sleep in a suitcase and pushed a copy of my racy novel around in his pram] that I abandoned the plan and brought him into bed with me instead.

There are no words to describe what transpired those last 10 seconds of the game and so instead, I'll put my mouth to greater use by eating this AND my feelings in the sanctuary of my own bed.

You might even want to set up a little role play if your baby is old enough and have him or her «put you to bed» in your room instead.

- At the age of two my husband started to rock him to sleep, put him in his own bed (because the transition from arms to cot would wake him up so we would lay down with him in a toddler bed instead - worked brilliantly!)

So, when she would come and get me after an «accident» in the middle of the night, all I had to do was put new panties on her instead of having to take her whole bed apart to change the sheeting as well.

We were warned that our marriage would suffer at the very least, and our babies would suffocate at the worst, if we slept with them in our bed instead of putting them in isolation to sleep.

So instead of being nervous to fall asleep as your due date approaches, invest in something like this that you can just put under the sheets on your side of the bed.

It's the perfect size to put next to your bed or to put in a closet and since it's low to the ground, if your child somehow rolls off, it is only a few inches off the ground instead of a fall from a twin bed.

This is true whether you're putting your baby to bed on an adult mattress with you or you're using a baby crib with a baby - specific mattress instead.

You can for example either use the stroller to rock him to sleep instead of in your arms or put him in his bed or in your bed lying next to him rather than having him in your arms.

Putting the alarm clock across the room, instead of next to the bed, may also help.

If you'll be putting your child in his or her own bed instead of a crib, you may want to join your baby for the first few nights of sleep in a separate room.

Sometimes it's easier just to look the other way — when he fails to comb his hair, for example, or stores his clean laundry under the bed instead of putting it in the proper drawer.

So, even before daylight saving time begins, instead of an 8 pm bedtime, you might put your child to bed 5 - 15 minutes earlier every few days.

Instead of nursing or rocking her to sleep, let her practice falling asleep on her own by putting her in bed when she's relaxed and drowsy.

Instead of putting your baby to bed at night in his room, start out with short naps in the crib during the day.

Instead, during bottle time start a new routine such as bath time or taking a walk, or put them straight to bed.

Then when she fell asleep instead of putting her to bed like normal I would sit in the glider for 10 mins rocking her.

Eventually, your baby may also outgrow his or her own separate cot and you'll need to think about putting a toddler bed in your bedroom instead.

James, a law professor involved with the Occupy Homework group, said she would leave work early to pick up her daughter instead of putting her in after - school activities so that she had time to finish the homework and still get to bed early.

I actually decided to drop the DF last night and I put him to bed around 8:15 instead of 7:30 and he slept till 7 a.m. (his established waketime)!

For a younger child though, research does not support putting rice cereal in a bottle, introducing solids early, or giving formula at bed time instead of breast milk to help your child sleep longer.

I plan to baby proof her room and put up the baby gate instead of the door so there won't be any concern over her safety when she is read to transition to her own bed.

So instead of allowing the late day nap, try to encourage your child to stay up after school, but then put them to bed earlier.

Sometimes it's easier to look the other way when he splashes in a mud puddle on the way home, for example, or stuffs his puppet under his bed instead of putting it on the proper shelf.

Instead of brining him to your bed when he wakes up, sit or lie beside him and put your hand on his tummy or leg.

But unlike Stefanik and Funiciello, both of whom excelled at sticking to the script, Woolf could never quite hatch a one - size - fits - all rebuttal to put these issues to bed, opting instead for cyclical and uneven responses.

«If you sense that your partner's mood is a little different than usual, you can just simply ask how their day was, or maybe you don't even bring it up, you just say instead «Let me pick up dinner tonight» or «I'll put the kids to bed tonight.»»

If it was left up to me, I probably would have found a simple king size bed and I would have put two simple chairs for my reading area in the room instead of this insanely awesome hanging chair that I found at Home Goods.

Instead of drowning yourself in champagne and singing Auld Lang Syne while staring at the blurry fireworks... you sip some sparkling cider, cuddle your little one, put him to bed, and then climb into your own bed to catch up on sleep.

We are also on the end which means two windows instead of one so we'll have to put our bed in front of one.

Instead of buying individual pieces to put a bed set together, opt for a collection that has everything you need for a comfortable night's sleep.

From denim and mesh fabrics to funnel necks and sequin accents, there are so many different kinds of stylish hoodies out there that say, «I'm put together,» instead of, «where's the nearest bed?»

I noticed it first in the bathroom, where there's lots of light, and then tried to read in bed, and ended up putting it aside, choosing instead the Kindle which, like the older Sony PRS - 505, has minimal glare.

Instead, make the crate extra comfortable (a nice plush bed will work), leave it open at all times, put favorite toys inside, and feed your dog as close to the crate as he will get.

Usually a bit older than the typical post-uni traveller, flashpackers might be less likely to put up with a 32 bed dorm of drunk, snoring, smelly guys and having to share communal toilets and might instead opt for the relative luxury of a single room in an upscale hostel or budget hotel.

Instead of the more common loft bed with space under, putting the bed in a drawer creates a zone above that is only a few steps up, instead of climbing a ladder to Instead of the more common loft bed with space under, putting the bed in a drawer creates a zone above that is only a few steps up, instead of climbing a ladder to instead of climbing a ladder to a loft.

Instead, these actions can be triggered with Siri voice commands as simple as saying «Siri, I'm going to bed» in order for the computerized assistant to put you into something of a human «safe mode.»

Today I look around and see the wrapping stuff blocking my basement door, laundry piled on our bed waiting to be folded and put away (yeah right), vacuum in the middle of the living room floor because I hope it just decides to do it on it's own instead of waiting for me, not to mention the Little People explosion all over my house because my 4 year old son is suddenly into creating these elaborate scenes with them.

That I can finally put the Sprogs to bed at a decent hour, instead of taking them to shows like «Award Winning Interactive Comedy Juggling Antics with David Aitken «The Checkerboard Guy», also featuring the Royal Caribbean Singers and Dancers.»

I decided to put his bed against the wall instead of in the middle of the room to create some open space for him to sit on the floor and spread out his homework, books, etc. (I am very hopeful that is what he will use the space for).

Instead, I put them to bed, read them books and survived another night of flying - baby Russian roulette, then stood under a cold shower deeply resenting everyone in a 10 km radius with a pool.