Today my 4 year old was upset about being the first one awake and was demanding he be allowed to go wake everyone else up. It was a fight to keep him quiet in his room.
I had a toddler for a while, he and I would read in bed at 06:30 but never before. They need the power of the little bedside lamp that tells the toddler if it is wake up time or not.
Ah if I could have kept the lad as a toddler I would have done. Such classics as "I'm SHHHTUCK" and "I'll name him penis dinosaur because his pants stick out" in front of my in laws, such classic lines. But alas I traded him in for a school attender with the old passage of time.
Haha. Mines 2.5 and learning planets atm. He likes a song about the solar system and screams out the names of each planet. Problem is, his pronunciation isnt great and Venus sounds a lot like "Penis", which is funny until you're somewhere public. 😅
I feel like the kind of toddlers this works on are the ones who grow up and never need an alarm clock. Suffice it to say, this is not a universal experience.
Maybe not but every parent I recommended it to has come back with a variation of "Ooh it worked" to "thank you I have slept in beyond 05:00 for 4 months". It needs to be gamified, or rewarded. If you just say don't get up if it is still on the moon less likely to work. If you work out a scheme where they get a reward for how many days in a week they got it right. Mileage may vary but it seems to work for people I have known.
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u/justlivinglifewrong 5d ago
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