fr i've been following dr. brown's 5-step schedule for weeks, nightlight set to 2700k, but my kid still throws a fit when i pull out the ipad mini 6 2
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IntimateBoar358• 5 karma
2 months ago
Bedtime mistake that makes me cringe
Around dinnertime, my daughter (4.5yo) gets this weird calm before total toddler meltdown #4 of the day. Today I panicked and told her, 'If you don’t fall asleep here by 8 or I get a bad headache. I can’t fight you again.’ She looked shocked and actually cried because she didn’t know sleep was an option. My wife corrected me later—it’s bedtime but not naptimes now anyway. 😅
Sometimes the guilt-trip tactics we use during toddler power-struggles come back with weird logic. She trusted us to know better for weeks. Now she’s sitting up wide awake, thinking she has no choice in both napping/breakdown timing?
I’m sure someone here has done this too. How do you keep boundaries without making sleep something a kid fears?
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