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Re: Getting the boys to stay in bed!!
« Reply #15 on: February 15, 2011, 04:50:09 PM »
Sad to hear that the reward system doesn't work -- I had lots of problems with my 3-yr-old where his bedtimes were turning into an ordeal for everyone. Decided to use a sticker chart, and within a couple of weeks the whole situation had totally resolved and everything was fine.

What we did was to give him a sticker every time he went to sleep 'like a big boy' and then, any time he got three stickers in a row, he would get a 'treat' (anything from a delicious dessert to a trip to the cinema or just a new book or something like that -- keeping it vague and changing it up all the time kept the whole thing fun and kept him guessing and curious to see what the next treat would be.)

Anyway, that's my only advice. It sounds like you've tried everything else!
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Re: Getting the boys to stay in bed!!
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2011, 05:04:07 PM »
We've had good result lately with Jean settling herself to music rather than me staying there until she's asleep.

Jean has two stories or stories on CD read to her, of her choosing.  Then we put on a music CD of nursery rhymes and I sit for one song on the bed.  Then I kiss her goodnight, turn out the light and she listens to the CD until she falls asleep.

A friend of mine had good results with the story CDs for her kids.
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