Wednesday, September 24, 2008

What do you do when your child refuses to go to bed -- or stay in bed?

Interesting poll on BabyCenter.com asks What do you do when your child refuses to go to bed -- or stay in bed? Here were the results with about 30,000 people voting:



Lie down with him until he's asleep - 32%


I hate to admit it, but I tend to get more & more upset and annoyed with him-26%
Calmly take him back to bed as many times as it takes - 20%
Put up a gate or lock his door so he can't leave his room - 7%
Revoke privileges the next day each time he gets out of bed - 5%
Give up and let him stay up late - 5%
Other - 5%


I have to say I think we have done all of the above numerous times. I'm more of the revoke privileges type but that also usually leads to the annoyed person. I do lay down with Jessica sometimes, but that's usually cause I'm tired too.

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