{"id":293,"date":"2016-11-29T08:27:33","date_gmt":"2016-11-29T14:27:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.iseeme.com\/blog\/?p=293"},"modified":"2016-12-21T11:19:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-21T17:19:13","slug":"nine-fun-fall-activities-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.iseeme.com\/blog\/2016\/11\/29\/nine-fun-fall-activities-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"Establishing Bedtime Routines for Toddlers"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting children to bed sometimes feels like a marathon. Just one more story, one more glass of water, one more trip to the bathroom\u2014it\u2019s almost as if kids don\u2019t want to, you know, go to bed!<\/p>\n

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It doesn\u2019t need to be this way. Establishing bedtime routines for toddlers helps prepare them for bed, and makes the whole process a relaxing, loving time of day.<\/p>\n

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Calculating Bedtime<\/strong><\/p>\n

Toddlers need ten to twelve hours of sleep every night, making it easy to calculate when they need to go to bed. Simply count backwards twelve hours from when they need to get up. If your little one gets up at 7.00 am, she should be in bed by 7.00pm.<\/p>\n

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You\u2019ll need to fine-tune this calculation based on your child\u2019s sleep pattern\u2014some sleep a complete twelve hours, while others can get by on an hour or two less.<\/p>\n

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Bear in mind, this is the time at which they should be in bed, not when they start preparing for bedtime. Make a list of all the pre-bed tasks they must do, and determine how much time each task take. Your list might look like this:<\/p>\n

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