Discipline

I have been struggling with Jaden's bedtime for the past two weeks. Previously, he used to sleep before 10pm but now, it had dragged to 11pm and sometimes even later. What's make it worse is that he will refuse to sleep and would want to continue even past his bedtime. He is also waking up in the middle of the night. (Well, that's a different issue and I shall blog abt it another time.)

I need Jaden to sleep early because he needs to wake up early for school the next day. And, it also allows me to have some ME time at night. I would let him 'play' around in the bedroom before his bedtime. I'm not referring to stimulating games...usually, he would watch some TV, flip some books or check out some of our items on the writing table. When 10pm comes by, I would usually be already patting him to sleep.

But, now I have to resort to threats and some scolding to get him to quiet down and sleep. It really gets on my nerves when Jaden ignored my instructions. Well, bedtime is just one area. At times nowadays, he would just ignore us when we told him to "stand further away from the TV" or " take out his fingers from the mouth" etc... Yes, Jaden has picked up some bad habits recently.

Jaden is definitely at the terrible twos stage and is testing the limits and pushing his boundaries. I have tried to be patient and explained things to him. But then, there is only so much patience that one can have.

Daddy is a 'no-cane' advocate. While I'm not against his 'philsophy', I seriously think that sometimes some discipline is definitely required to educate the child.

We shall see if things get better soon. But for now, I just hope for a smooth-sailing bedtime with Jaden. Wish me luck.


Children and dogs are always so cute when they are asleep.