[blparent] Early Riser

[Tay Laurie]

You could offer her some audio books, the readalong books and a pair of 
headphones, and tell her she can read some books with her headphones untill 
Mommy and Daddy get up. That's what my parents did, the radio was also a 
good option, but I'd pick something like classical, smooth jazz or country, 
or even religious if that floats your boat. Nothing of this hip hop icky 
crapola. But that's just my opinion.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandy W" <branlw at sbcglobal.net>
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Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 6:58 PM
Subject: Re: [blparent] Early Riser


> Sense I'm behind on email from a down computer I'm not sure what others 
> have said, but there are a few things you may want to try. First is we 
> used to tell my niece that she couldn't get out of bed till she saw the 
> sun was awake. Later we changed it till when mommy was out of bed. She 
> knew the things she could do when she was the only one awake. Other people 
> I know have gated their child's room and they need to play quiet, and some 
> have resorted to the TV. Good luck.
>
> Bran
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>
> "When we treat children's play as seriously as it deserves, we are helping 
> them feel the joy that's to be found in the creative spirit. It's the 
> things we play with and the people who help us play that make a great 
> difference in our lives."
> - Fred Rogers
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jo Elizabeth Pinto" <jopinto at msn.com>
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> Sent: Friday, February 24, 2012 12:18 PM
> Subject: [blparent] Early Riser
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>> Hi.  For those of you with toddlers and older kids, have any of you had 
>> an early riser?  Sarah is turning out to be quite the morning bird, and 
>> I'd like to find a few tricks to keep her in bed a little longer.  She 
>> usually wants to come get in bed with her dad and me, which would be fine 
>> if she'd snuggle down and go back to sleep for a little while.  But she 
>> wants to play and whisper and move around, so nobody gets any sleep.  I 
>> know the first sensible thing would be to alter our schedules to fit her 
>> habits, but that's more easily said than done, since her dad has specific 
>> hours that his shop is open, and I've tended to work at night after she 
>> goes to sleep.  I'd really rather not hear again that working from home 
>> and taking care of a child isn't a good option, because good option or 
>> not, that's the way it is for now.  Any other ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jo Elizabeth
>>
>> "How far you go in life depends on you being tender with the young, 
>> compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving, and tolerant 
>> of the weak and the strong.  Because someday in life you will have been 
>> all of these."--George Washington Carver, 1864-1943, American scientist
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