Why is it that every night at bedtime the boys are all of a sudden hungry, whining, yelling at each other, crying, complaining, etc.? I even asked them an hour in advance to put their p.j.'s on. Do you think anybody did? NO! Of course not.
And Logan got spanked for laughing. Who spanks their child for laughing? I do, obviously. It is a wicked and mean little laugh that comes out gleefully when his brothers are upset and whining, yelling at each other, crying, complaining, etc.
Tomorrow I am not only going to ask them an hour in advance to put p.j.'s on, but I am going to keep on them until they do and then I am going to send them straight to bed after that. That way, if all the hunger pangs, whining, yelling at each other, crying, complaining, and other such nonsense occurs, they will at least be settled in by bedtime.
2 comments:
Yea I have that in my house. But it is just 1 here, not x4. But we only have the I am hungry and why do I have to go bed? Sometimes he will yell OK! When I tell him and he is tired of the nagging. lol He will actually come and say is it bedtime yet? No, but if you want to go to bed then you can. Nah I will wait.By the 3rd time it is get in bed now!
totally get it! Of course I just have problems with the little guys...NOT!! You would think right? But for the little guys I have started a "chart" with them. I say at this time it's time for baths. This time is time for pj's, brush teeth, get beds ready. I have the t.v. off during the time and I start it early enough so if they get done quick enough, they still have some t.v. time before bed. I find with them that if they know the schedule, they seem to feel a little more independent and not so pushed. Not that pushing doesn't happen still! Maybe you could sit down with them and say you have from this time to that time to get these things done. Tell me what order you want to do them and maybe they can check them off as they are done. Then they have more of a sense of control. With the older boys it's a hopeless teenage battle! Good luck and sorry for the novel :)
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