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See You In The Morning
When Lauren was little (3 years old) she would often get up at night – sometimes to wander, sometimes to try to come in our bed. What we did – that was a HUGE success- was…We bought an alarm clock (that plays music – could even be a radio station). Since Lauren was, at that time, getting up around 4:00 in the morning, the first night we used it we set it for 3:00 a.m. – yup 3 a.m.! We then said to Lauren, “See you in the morning when the music comes on”. The music woke her up and she came in with us. Over the next two weeks we kept setting it a half hour later (every few days). Each night we would say the same thing, “See you in the morning when the music comes on”. After two weeks she never got up before 7:00 a.m. Although we no longer use the alarm clock, to this day, when we say good night, we always say the same thing, “See you in the…”
Janis Tull Williams Says:
This is a MARVELOUS idea. Audrianna wakes up like clockwork at 4 a.m. every day. I am going to try this. *(as soon as I can get her to quit sleeping in my bed)
Posted on January 29th, 2011 at 2:17 pm