The thing about summertime for parents is that you seem to either feel completely alone in this gig, or like there are WAY too many people around you sweating and breathing excessively as you check yet again to make sure none of your kids have wandered off into the crowd. Both scenarios can put you […]
The day is over. The moon is hanging in an inky sky. Adorable yawns stretch sweet lips and rumpled pajamas have been on for a while now. It is time for the little ones to go to sleep. You take their hands and lead a parade to their bedrooms. One by one you go through […]
I know I’ll miss our bedtime ritual one day, but right now? That’s almost impossible to imagine.
Getting kids to relax before bedtime is a constant struggle. While nothing can replace spending time with your kid and reading a loud, mixing in reading experiences can only be a good thing. Listening to stories at bedtime taps into your child’s imagination and prepares them for dreamland. Exposing your kids to different narrators gives […]
“I hear angels singing. Or maybe that’s the hum of the dishwasher. Whatever.” –Pam M. of Boulder, CO
#4. Think, ‘I bet Mom misses me already. I should check on her.’
Now, my kids eagerly put on their pajamas, brush their teeth, and climb into bed.
