I WANT TO KISS SUPERNANNY

Mama Sweet: Getting back to our school schedule has been quite exhausting. Everyone is overtired and the bedtime battles have been over the top. Midweek, I decided I would try an empowerment tactic and put my youngest in charge. As it turns out, she loves power! (That is absolutely no surprise.) Even though we were going through the same bedtime routine, I kept telling her she was in charge and it was her job to go right to sleep. She was so proud and went right to sleep... the first night!

The second night that trick did not work so I thumbed through my library of Mama Help books and decided tonight was the night for SuperNanny. I used her three step process for putting children to sleep and it worked wonders and has continued to work for several nights. If SuperNanny was here, I would kiss her!


SuperNanny 1-2-3=
1)1st time out of bed, mama says, "It's time for bed, darling" put them back, kiss them, walk out.
2) 2nd time out of bed, mama says, "Goodnight," put them back, kiss them, and walk out
3) 3rd time and continued trips out of bed, there is to be silence and no eye contact so they do not receive any attention (positive or negative).
They will then realize they are not getting attention and will go to sleep. The trips out of bed quickly diminish.

Mama Sour: On the third night of my SuperNanny silence tactic, Ally put me to the test. I was beaming with pride as I silently walked her back to bed for the fourth time, remaining calm. When I tucked her back in, I realized she had something in her mouth. As she is my all-time food stasher, I assumed it was a snack she had hidden in her room. To my surprise and anguish, when I finally opened her mouth, I discovered a play jewel that would have choked her if she had fallen asleep. I will not lie and say that I didn't start crying at that moment but I kept my cool since I knew she was looking for a response. I removed all choking hazards from the room and hid them far away. I told her how dangerous that could be and that we only put food in our mouth (an ongoing mantra for my child). It was such an awful sour to think her demand to get a rise out of me could have resulted in the ultimate sour. Thank you God for watching over our little family!