STEP 1: Turn on exercise tape. Invite toddler to watch as you exercise. Place her on the couch and observe as she begins to zone out and begin to wobble in her place on the couch.
STEP 2: Place toddler in her bed. Turn her radio on to drown out any noise going on throughout the house. Give toddler his/her blanket.
STEP 3: Since your toddler is probably only down to one nap/day, try to stick to his/her nap schedule as closely as possible. Toddlers who are off of their daily schedule make for unhappy children come evening time. But because your toddler awoke so early, allow him/her to sleep for about 20 minutes. Make sure they don't sleep too long. WARNING: They may be quite limp when you try to wake them. I assure you - they ARE still breathing.
(Video quality poor due to dark lighting conditions. To sum up what happens, feet are raised up slightly and dropped one at a time to show possible limpness in toddler while sleeping. Toddler never flinches).
STEP 4: Ignore the nasty look your toddler gives you when you wake them up. They will still love you despite the emotions coursing through them at the time. Cuddle with them and love on them until they fully wake up. You'll know when that time comes because they'll no longer desire to be anywhere near you. They have better things to do.
This concludes our lesson on how to put a fussy toddler to sleep. Class dismissed!
Aw, what a face in that last picture!
ReplyDeleteI think the same lesson works for putting an overtired mom to bed!! :)
ReplyDeletetoo funny! how does she like the toddler bed?? i didn't know when that whole process starts.
ReplyDeleteand - 6:30 is too early to get up - have Zoe tell that to Matthew - he's normally up by that time everyday!