Big happenings over here!
Our rule in this house was no ears pierced until you were 10 years old.....But as we all know there's always an exception to every rule made.
Nighttime routine has been more than difficult with Olivia for the past year!!
We have been struggling with nighttime routine for over a year with her. She gets anxious and clingy at night which requires all of our free time in the evening to get her to sleep. We've tried professional counseling, we've tried melatonin, we've tried reward charts, and we've had the dog sleep in her room. Nothing was working and we were all at a loss. Her neediness at night was not fair to the other kids during their bedtime, not to mention we are having another baby and things must improve. Mommy can't be in 4 bedrooms at once.
Enter the ultimate bribe: earings!
She started drawing pictures every chance she had of her in her new earrings. She would slip these drawings underneath our bedroom door at night. She had her eye on the prize!
It was all the motivation she needed. Instead of screaming for us or coming out of her room all night. She would read a book by herself with her night lamp on to calm her down!
This was huge.
And today is the day she met her goal of going to bed by herself. And she is getting her ears pierced. She has told all of her school friends and is extremely excited…
We went to Yeltons FineJewelers as I wanted her to have 14k posts to illuminate any extra chance for infection.
She can't believe her eyes here!
She can't wipe the smile off her face!
1 comment:
Way to go Liv!
And.. way to go mom and dad.
Parenting WIN!
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