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easy child#1 will NOT stay in his bed!
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<blockquote data-quote="Big Bad Kitty" data-source="post: 186430" data-attributes="member: 3647"><p>OK, Let me share with you what worked for me.</p><p></p><p>I gave Tink a sticker chart. every night that she stayed in her own room, she got a sticker. At the end of every week, if she had 5 or more stickers, she'd get a slurpee. After a month or so, it went up to 6 or more stickers. After a couple more months, she had to stay in bed every night to earn her slurpee on Saturday.</p><p></p><p>A few months after that, she no longer needed the bribe.</p><p></p><p>A dream catcher also works. Every night before bed, I'd take the dream catcher and "shake out" last night's bad dreams in to the garbage. </p><p></p><p>One thing I heard about (but never had to implement) is exactly what you described, walking them back to bed wordlessly every time they entered the room. But it can take more than 6 days, it might take a couple months or longer! I also heard about a lady who gave their child 3 circles cut out from green construction paper, symbolizing green lights. That meant he had 3 opportunities to leave his room throughout the night. With each time leaving the room, he had to hand over a green light. After the last one, mom gave child a red circle, symbolizing a stop light. The child knew that he was not to leave his room anymore until morning. After time, it was dropped down to 2 green lights, then 1 green light. </p><p></p><p>Don't know if any of these would work in your situation, just brainstorming. </p><p></p><p>Best of luck.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Big Bad Kitty, post: 186430, member: 3647"] OK, Let me share with you what worked for me. I gave Tink a sticker chart. every night that she stayed in her own room, she got a sticker. At the end of every week, if she had 5 or more stickers, she'd get a slurpee. After a month or so, it went up to 6 or more stickers. After a couple more months, she had to stay in bed every night to earn her slurpee on Saturday. A few months after that, she no longer needed the bribe. A dream catcher also works. Every night before bed, I'd take the dream catcher and "shake out" last night's bad dreams in to the garbage. One thing I heard about (but never had to implement) is exactly what you described, walking them back to bed wordlessly every time they entered the room. But it can take more than 6 days, it might take a couple months or longer! I also heard about a lady who gave their child 3 circles cut out from green construction paper, symbolizing green lights. That meant he had 3 opportunities to leave his room throughout the night. With each time leaving the room, he had to hand over a green light. After the last one, mom gave child a red circle, symbolizing a stop light. The child knew that he was not to leave his room anymore until morning. After time, it was dropped down to 2 green lights, then 1 green light. Don't know if any of these would work in your situation, just brainstorming. Best of luck. [/QUOTE]
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