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- From: smb@ulysses.att.com (Steven Bellovin)
- Subject: Re: Help getting two year old to sleep
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.140214.24192@ulysses.att.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Nov 1992 14:02:14 GMT
- References: <1992Nov14.024611.1@adcalc.fnal.gov> <1992Nov17.172106.5202@tms390.micro.ti.com> <1992Nov20.215953.2532973@locus.com>
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- In article <1992Nov20.215953.2532973@locus.com>, judy@locus.com (Judy Leedom Tyrer) writes:
- > Well, you can lead a child to bed, but you can't make him sleep. At least,
- > that has been my experience with BOTH children. So we don't make them sleep.
- > We do the bedtime routine and then go to bed. If they'd prefer playing in
- > their rooms or watching TV or reading, they are free to do so. The point for
- > us is that we are through being parents. We are now "off work" so to speak.
-
- Of course, to simply accept that is to assume that there are no
- consequences to a child staying up till all hours. We find that
- getting Daniel out of bed in the morning is a battle, and that he tends
- to be really cranky and clingy all morning if he stayed up too late the
- night before. Besides, he doesn't just stay in his room and let us
- relax; every ten minutes, he wants to talk to us about something.
-