Sleeper Hero

Before we had Walker Braydon coming into our room in the middle of the night didn’t really bother us. We put him to bed in his bed every night but around 2 or 3 am we would here a little pitter patter of him running across the hardwoods to our room as fast as he could. He wasn’t ever crying but he sure as heck never wanted to go back in his bed. We would just put him in the middle and all three pass back out for the rest of the night. Once we had Walker we knew that wasn’t going to be acceptable with night feedings and waking Braydon up every 3 hours would not have made for a good day for him or myself. Cranky toddlers are not always the most fun ;). I did some research on how to get kids to stay in their bed without having to lock them in their rooms and listen to them scream. I am not one for that just because I know I would be right outside his door crying with him! I found the Sleeper Hero. 

Once our Sleeper Hero arrived in the mail we opened it up and immediately read the book. I was worried Braydon wouldn’t really understand what the book was explaining to him but I was shocked he got the concept quickly. He also would get so excited when it talked about the lights and his lit up the red or green. 

Long story short, green light means he was able to get up, play or leave his room. Red light means stay in bed. We had it set to turn red at 9pm and turn green at 7am. It took him about a week to get into the swing of things and get on schedule but he now is doing great. On weekends we are a little more lenient but during the week, red light means bed time!