So, my sister-in-law Heather gave me the best idea to keep Tim in his bed all night and it has now worked for over a week! She suggested that I offer to give Tim 3 pennies each morning when he has slept through the night in his own bed and not come in our room. He absolutely LOVES it! Every morning he wakes up so excited and comes running in our room asking for his 3 pennies.
After he did this for a week straight, I rewarded him with his 3 pennies like normal plus a nickle. Currently Tim is using my piggy bank until I can find a cheap plastic one for him to have. Any suggestions on where to find one? I strongly encourage this method if your child loves money like Tim does. He talks about it during the day and whenever we ask him what he'll get when he sleeps in his bed all night, he yells "Pennies, 1, 2, 3 Pennies!" By the way, Tim did a pretty good job sleeping in his bed all night but every 3-4 nights he would wake up and come in our room and want to sleep with us. We rarely let him in our bed and would just take him back to his room, but since we're still up with Allie 1-2 times each night, it was getting hard to be up with Tim also. Thanks Heather!!!
11 years ago
