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What would you say is an appropriate age to expect children to go to bed without your singing lullabies?
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Is the real question how to get them to go to bed on their own LOL! Guess it's a personal decision. I have a 1,3,4,6,&9yro who all pretty much go to bed when I tell them w/ no hassle. We don't have a bed time routine-sometimes I read them a story in the lvrm then send them off to bed or sometimes I read to them in their room. We don't read every night, but if we do it's one of those two scenarios!
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Very young. It's nice to snuggle and sing lullabies
, but I don't think we should encourage our babies to rely on lullabies in order to fall asleep. I'm also not saying we should be cold-hearted and dump them in a crib in a dark bedroom and shut the door, so don't get the wrong idea.
, but I don't think we should encourage our babies to rely on lullabies in order to fall asleep. I'm also not saying we should be cold-hearted and dump them in a crib in a dark bedroom and shut the door, so don't get the wrong idea.
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~Mrs. A2J~
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We never sang lullabies to our daughter. We do read to her before bed but not 100% of the time. We do say prayers every night though. Maybe instead of singing a lullaby you could say prayers?
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We have a four month old. We never did sing lullabies, so I guess he won't expect them. One bedtime tradition I want to start is to read stories at bedtime. When I was young every night we read. When I got into grade school we kept doing it and read longer books with chapters. It was awesome. I want to do that for my children also.
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I stop singing when they decided they didn't want me to rock them anymore and try to get out my lap and that is usually about 8 months i guess. Sometimes a little older.
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This thread made me cry, remembering my husband singing Sweet Baby James to the boys when they were little. The boys are 20 now and my husband has been dead for 9 years. Stop only when you have no more breath
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I believe that establishing a bedtime routine is important...whether you choose to sing your child(ren) to sleep, read to them, say special bedtime prayers together...but those little "rituals" are priceless and so meaningful. I used to do the bedtime story and prayers thing with my kids, then as they began to get older, I stopped...not even sure when or why I stopped. And I didn't even realize it until it had been quite some time. Now that I have, I have even talked to my kids about it and asked them what their thoughts were on it. The youngest two definately like saying bedtime prayers together (so we do this most of the time). The older two just like having "mommy time" to chit-chat and get "loves" (hugs & kisses) before going to bed.
Whatever you decide, just remember to always give them hugs and to tell them that you love them before they go to bed. Our children can never get "too much" love from us!
Whatever you decide, just remember to always give them hugs and to tell them that you love them before they go to bed. Our children can never get "too much" love from us!
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The first thing I thought was... I hope my kids let me sing the "Goodnight Song" and Twinkle Twinkle for a while longer. They are 2 and 3 and as soon as I start singing there eyes get heavy and they snuggle down under the covers. Vanessa
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Cello said:
I'm with you, Cello! Why would you not want to continue the practice? Why this rush to stop our expressions of love while children are still young?
FYI, the group The Innocence Project has a new CD out that is all lullabys.
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BeanMak said:
This POST made me cry!! "Stop only when you have no more breath!"That's awesome!
Andie is 2 1/2, our bedtime routine is for her to read a couple stories with daddy, then we brush teeth & read 1 story with mommy, then she gets into bed where I sing a couple lullabyes...she doesn't fall asleep while I'm singing, but it helps her to know it's time to "wind down".
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I would say that when they tell you they don't want to hear the lullabies then that is a good time to stop.
We have never sung lullabies to our 3 yo, but we do read stories, and we do pray. That is a routine that we will continue for some time, I can't see us stopping that one any time soon, and to be totally honest, it is often the favourite part of the day, to hear his sweet little voice ask for "one more story please" is so precious.
We have never sung lullabies to our 3 yo, but we do read stories, and we do pray. That is a routine that we will continue for some time, I can't see us stopping that one any time soon, and to be totally honest, it is often the favourite part of the day, to hear his sweet little voice ask for "one more story please" is so precious.
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