Monday, February 2, 2009

Madelyn's First Date

Madelyn has been having a hard time sleeping lately. We were having to lay down with her until she was asleep, and then she was coming out in the night and trying to get in our bed. Well we were getting pretty tired and exhausted of the little routine, so...we started a bedtime chart. If she will "go to bed like a big girl without crying" and stay there all night without coming out until morning she gets a little sticker on her chart. After 5 stickers, then she gets a prize. After earning her first prize, it was working really well. She's been sleeping through the night and staying in her bed until morning. Ty told her that for her next prize, he would take her on a date. So she earned her next 5 stickers on Saturday morning and she chose to go to Cabela's with dad. So Ty took her to get a Frosty at Wendy's. Then they went and watched the horses in Alpine at a favorite little spot they have, then ended up at Cabelas's to see the fish and the wildlife animals. They both had a really good time, and it was a nice break for me.

Ty and Madelyn headed on their date.

Madelyn's bedtime chart.

6 comments:

The Airharts said...

Thats super cute! What a good picture with her dad!

Valerie said...

HOW CUTE!!!! i'm sure she loved her 1 on 1 time with ty!!!

Sarah said...

oooo i need that chart!!!! that is such a great idea. andie has struggled with this off & on for a long time. thanks for posting!

Liz said...

What a fabulous idea! It's funny the things kids get excited about. My Sunbeams class will sit in their chairs and fold their arms all the way through sharing time if they know they'll earn a sticker for it! A sticker! :)

Marissa and Family said...

Way to go on the bedtime chart. How great that it is working. The daddy daughter date is so dang cute.

Sblogger said...

What a good idea. I need to do that now that we don't have the binky :(. Thanks for your encouragement you gave me at Target yesterday. It has been a challenge to say the least but hopefully it will get better. No more binkies! Yea! Your girls are BEAUTIFUL! Good to see you Jen!