Enjoy the time together. A stressed parent’s emotions are picked up easily by the child – Result is a stressed child who will consequently find it difficult to fall asleep
30 to 45 minutes maximum for routine from start to child in bed falling asleep
Start with a tryptophan-containing snack: Tryptophan food include turkey, tofu, nuts, seeds, milk, eggs, cheese, pineapple, salmon
Warm, SHORT bath (5 – 15 minutes) – effect is to relax, and cause slight drop in core body temperature which promotes melatonin
Straight into a dimly lit bedroom – no going round the home to say goodnight to everyone
story, song routine. Going to bed and going to sleep are probably the most well-mined themes fro modern picture books for the under fives. I wonder why. Here are a few good ones: