"I sleep in my big boy all night!"

As most of you know our family has had a problem with getting a good night's sleep in the past. To protect the innocent, I am not going to name any names here, but I will say that it is not Davis or Kate who has sleeping issues. :) We had tried lots of different methods to eliminate
night terrors and had finally gotten those under control, for the most part, but we still weren't getting a good solid night's sleep....ever. Until that is, Jed came up with a plan that can be called nothing less than BRILLIANT! We gave the boys two painter's sticks each to sleep with. Each stick represents one TV show, part of a movie or time on the computer. That means at the most they are watching no more than an hour a day, which is plenty of motivation for them and is still acceptable to us. Anyway, I am getting ahead of myself....if they come out of their room or wake us up (unless it is an emergency of course), then they lose a stick. Can I tell you that this has worked like a charm! I cringe each time we have had to take a stick away, but those nights have become fewer and fewer. YIPEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One more thing…I can't tell you about the sticks without adding that Davis has reveled in his ability to sleep through the night in his "big boy bed". He just completely relishes the praise that we give him for his achievements and has even learned to use this to his advantage. Now when he does something naughty and we say something like, "Davis, that makes Mommy sad when you act like that." He will turn on his smile/dimples and say, "I sleep in my big boy all night. That makes Mommy so happy?" Smart kid.