A parenting coach shares how one-on-one time with your toddler before bed can reduce bedtime battles. The strategy focuses on connection and intentional parenting to make sleep easier, with practical tips you can try today.
One tip that can make bedtime and sleep so much easier in your home. It's so simple, yet so profound. Are you ready for it? Have intentional one on one time today, even for just 10 to 15 minutes. I think so often as parents, we're doing things to and for our children that we often forget just to be with them. Parents, think about it. All they want is to be with us. We could spend four hours with them but not fully be present. Present with them. I challenge you. Put your phone down. Set your to do list aside. Let them lead the way. Ask what do you want to play? I want to play with you. You're not in control. They are in control. Just be with them 10 minutes. I'm telling you, this makes all the difference when it comes to bedtime. Because they have this little tank inside of them that needs to be filled. And it's our attention that fills it. And when we are connected to their little hearts, conn increases cooperation. It makes a huge difference with toddlers and sleep. And I get it, guys. See, your day is full. You have a lot to get done. But I'm telling you, you want to eliminate some bedtime battles. You want to make sleep more consolidated at night. Fill this little attention tank inside of them. This is what I want to tell you. If you have a two, three or four year old, you need my toddler class. Sure, it's about sleep, but it's so much more than. Here's what you're gonna find out. Much of toddler sleep is about behavior. And what we do matters. What we do really makes a big difference. So there's a whole section called your parenting matters. It's gonna apply to sleep, of course, and I'm gonna give you that step by step plan, but it's gonna lay out strategies and tools to make your parenting life easier.
