any question where I’ve been?

Jan 20

Posted by: Scott in: blog, book reviews, caleb isaiah, homeschooling, me myself and i, parenting, ramblings, you might be a mom

I have read more in the last week than I’ve read in Caleb’s lifetime.  I have a mix of books here, everything from discipline to nutrition, homeschooling to sleep solutions, and vaccines to fussbusters on the go.  Right now I’m in the middle of The No-Cry Discipline Solution and The No-Cry Sleep Solution for Toddlers and Preschoolers.

Thanks to several points made by the sleep solution book, I’ve moved bedtime around a bit and have been experimenting with moving naptime a bit.  I actually don’t think naptime needs to be moved, but I have discovered that Caleb was staying up past his natural bedtime, thus becoming overtired and getting his second wind.  Of course this makes bedtime a battle of wills, who can outlast the other.  Then when Scott wakes Caleb to tell him bye in the morning on his way out the door, it is like trying to wake the dead.  He is in a very deep sleep.  So I moved “Lights Out” up to 8pm, with our bedtime routine beginning shortly before 7pm, *knock on wood* things are running a bit smoother and he actually woke up about 6:35 this morning.  This tells me he is getting a more appropriate amount of nighttime rest.

I finished up the book I was previously talking about, Kid Cooperation, and I highly recommend it.  It is an easy read with lots of real life examples (exchanges between parent and child), and gives you a bag of tricks to encourage cooperation in a positive way.  So far, the No-Cry Discipline Solution is very similar in content (same author), but it goes more in depth, without as many real life examples (thus far).  It also gives you a few more skills for your bag of tricks.

Comments

3 Responses to “any question where I’ve been?”

    Amber
    January 21st, 2009 8:02 am

    Good lord! I’d say you’ve been busy! Caleb won’t know what hit him. LOL!

    Jax
    January 21st, 2009 9:11 am

    Ok, that’s a lot of books. I have read a lot (I always have), just not a single parenting book. Maybe I should… although I have never had any trouble letting Max cry- I have developed nerves of steel! (although the crying bothers Rob, so maybe I should work on that)

    Val
    January 21st, 2009 8:48 pm

    Okay. Getting that Kid Cooperation book. Adding it to my Amazon cart now!

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