| Do you dread bedtime? Does your child | | | | - Buy a portable timer. |
| call to you after you have already read | | | | - Buy or make a special pillow or |
| 3 stories, plus 2 and checked for | | | | stuffed toy- |
| monsters and lined up the stuffed | | | | Tonight: |
| animals and made sure that the door was | | | | - Before dinner, tell your child that |
| ajar in exactly the correct position to | | | | there will be a new bedtime plan. Give |
| your child's specifications? Does your | | | | them the pillow or stuffed animal and |
| child get out of bed over and over until | | | | tell them that this is their very own |
| you are both exhausted and your child is | | | | Magical Protection. It keeps monsters |
| crying? | | | | out of kid's rooms and helps kids get |
| Does your child demand that you lie down | | | | comfy and fall asleep very fast. |
| with her/him? And stay there until your | | | | - 10 minutes before bedtime, tell you |
| child falls asleep? Do you find yourself | | | | child they get to choose 2 to 3 stories, |
| drifting off and waking up two hours | | | | their choice, but no more. After you |
| later in your child's bed? Or worse, | | | | read each story repeat "ok that was |
| when you try to sneak out, does your | | | | number_ story we have _ left." |
| child wake up and demand that you | | | | - Tuck your child in. Tell your child |
| return? Or do you wake up in your own | | | | that you have a timer and are going to |
| bed and notice the extra little body | | | | set the timer to go off in 5 minutes and |
| sleeping peaceful beside you? | | | | that you are going to return and make |
| If any of this sounds familiar then you | | | | sure that the Magical Protector is doing |
| are probably waking up exhausted in the | | | | his/her job. |
| morning, dragging yourself through your | | | | - When you go back, reassure your child |
| day and dreading this evening when it | | | | that s/he is safe and tell them you will |
| all starts again. | | | | be back again in 6 minutes. Keep going |
| How would you like to be able to tuck | | | | back and start spacing out the checking. |
| your child into bed with a night time | | | | - If your child gets out of bed, calmly |
| kiss and have the rest of the night for | | | | walk him/her back to bed and repeat from |
| you? And, how would you like to wake up | | | | the beginning. |
| feeling rested and refreshed the next | | | | - If your child ends up in your bed same |
| morning? | | | | drill. (I know you are tired!) Do it |
| And how would you like to have enough | | | | anyway. |
| energy to make it through your day | | | | The average time it takes to retrain |
| without needing a nap? And look forward | | | | your child is about 3 days. Sometimes |
| to bedtime with your child? | | | | more and sometimes less. The less you |
| Follow these instructions: | | | | give in the quicker your successs will |
| Today: | | | | be and the more rested and peaceful you |
| - Remove the TV's from your child's | | | | will feel! |
| bedroom. | | | | |