But alas, it is not.
See we have a little problem here with some of the children (namely the girl children) getting up at inhumane hours to play (namely 5:30 am).
There are several problems with this
1. 5:30 am is not an acceptable time to do anything except maybe give birth or catch a plane to someplace nice.
2. Once one is up they insist on waking up the other one (and no it is not the same one up first each day)
3. Once they are both awake, they then insist on waking up everyone else
4. They need more sleep than they are getting (and no it doesn't really matter what time they go to bed- although if they do go to bed later, they get up later too- like 5:45)
5. Everyone else needs sleep too
So I had a great idea that would at least keep them in their beds and quiet. I bought this lava lamp and put it on a timer.
It is the play light. If the light is on- you may get up and play. If the light is off- you get your behind back in bed.
So on night one we explained it and D not only seemed excited about it but she also made sure to explain the rules to K about 10 times before them went to bed. And much to my surprise- it worked.
And the next night it worked even better.
And the next night, it didn't work and it hasn't worked since.
Now they stay in the room but one has climbed in the bed with the other and they talk till the light comes on- which wakes me up and doesn't really accomplish the more sleep goal. We have come to realize that the fact they share a room a huge part of the problem. Therefore-
Coming Soon to a blog near you.....
THE GREAT ROOM MOVE
1 comment:
A brilliant idea... I am sad it didn't work. We put a red square border around the hour of the Tongginator's digital clock. She knows she can't wake us up until the number inside the square reads seven. And she's not allowed out of bed until it reads six. God save us from early risers!
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