Reward Chart

This is a mid week post but I thought I should put it up anyway. I talked to one of my military mommies. She said that one of the best methods that has worked for her and her son was a reward chart. So I thought well it cant hurt to try it. So we tried it last night. I told him before he went to bed that if he slept in his room all night then he could put a star on his chart. He slept in his own room all night long and mommy got to sleep in her room all night long!! I really hope this keeps working since it has only been one night.

So looking more into this. Dawn Margolis in the article "Dealing with Late-Night Visits from your Child", on a website called babycenter.com says that it is okay to have a reward system. It does work for some kids and doesn't work for others. She says that "its hard work to stay in your bed"; which I totally agree with because I let my son get to comfortable with coming into my bed. Also a mothers point of view is to let the rewards get bigger. So I might try this as well. If he sleeps in his room for a week give him something bigger than a sticker. Fingers crossed!!