How To Put A Toddler To Sleep in 100 Easy Steps!

By Phoebe Ackland, ellaslist

Any parent knows that the ‘night-night’ routine for a young child can take hours…and hours. Kids have a knack of inventing the most wild excuses as to why they’re just not ready for bed.

Huffington Post’s “How to Put a Toddler to Sleep in 100 Easy Steps”, is absolutely hilarious and 100% spot-on. Here are the first 10 steps – a taster of this long nightly battle.

1.

Tell your child that it’s bed time.

2.

Wait a while for your toddler to stop crying.

3.

Tell them that bedtime is not a punishment.

4.

Explain that bedtime is nothing new.

5.

Explain that, yes, bedtime will be on a nightly basis.

6.

Calm down your toddler.

7.

Remind them that it’s still bedtime.

8.

Let your toddler know that there’s no name-calling in this house.

9.

Tell your toddler it’s time to go to their bedroom.

10.

Watch your toddler move at a snail’s pace.

 

And that’s just the beginning! Parents of toddlers, you’re in our prayers! Check out the rest of the Huffington Posts’ article.