If you have read my blog in the past you will know that I got my daughter to stop sucking her thumb in about 8 days. If you want to read about it go back to my posts the week of Feb 7-Feb 14 2010.
I am using the same strategy to get my daughter out of our bed. It is driving us crazy and we can’t sleep with her in our bed, she is just getting to big and too squirmy.
The thumb sucking chain I made is totally working for this sleeping issue, thanks goodness. I am attaching a picture of the chain.
The rules are that she has to sleep in her bed the entire night and if she does then she is allowed to tear of one link when she gets up in the morning. If she comes in our room crying and I take her back to bed and she stays in bed then we count that as success.
I put up a 7 link chain and told her that on the seventh day we will take her to see Toy Story 3 in the movie theater. No little brother and she gets dinner before and popcorn in the movie.
Has it worked? Let’s just say that I started this 4 days ago and there are 4 links of the chain. Seriously, I am not making this up. She has only come in our room on 2 nights crying as well and has gone back to bed easily each time.
I wonder how many different ways I can use this chain in her life? I am definitely going to utilize it with my son in the future too.
So far so good, 6 days straight she has slept in her own bed. Movie tomorrow!