How To Set A Routine

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• Make a Chart: you and your kid together make chart (rough picture of things to do with sequence number) of what to do next and hang it in kid’s room or in a room where your kid spends a lot of time. If your child is younger than a year you can make it for your kid. When chart is visible to them most of the times they can able to understand what comes next and when there is a time to do the things ask them now “which chart we will follow?” Making chart is beneficial in two ways: first Pictorial presentation makes things easy to understand and second it will increase creativity.
• Prepare for Transition: At the start you need to make them ready to follow the chart and so you need to give some pre idea about the next coming event like “in 10 min we will take bath”. Be little flexible but set the timer and tell them when timer rings you need to come by yourself and once timer rings never ever compromise.
• Little Flexible : when undesirable changes occurs you should give them idea like today you took a little more time in dinner so I can’t read a story for you but you promise tomorrow you will finish it on time so I can read two stories instead.
• Need Consistency & Limits: Consistency is always a key here. Once you miss and they will take you for granted.  So for all the miss give them perfect idea (in straight and simple words)of why and try to follow as much as you can. Set the schedule that you can follow.
• Encourage By Small Rewards: Initially for every success give them a star or sticker and tell them when you will win 10/20 stars we will go to zoo (A Place of your kid’s choice) and see how enthusiastically they follow it!!!
• 10-12 hrs. Sleep Pattern: make a chart in a way so your kid can get at least 10-12 hrs. continuous night sleep as most of the kids skip nap time by the age of 2 or 3. Continuous sleep helps your kid’s mind and body to relax and rejoice for a new day.
• Include Soothing Time: when you make chart of to do things don’t forget to include hug time or cuddle time to show your love towards your kid after all for kids love is the only thing to achieve.

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Well it seems hard to start but actually it’s tough for couple of weeks only and will reassure you till 5-7 yrs. The first word I understood as a mother was “have patience” and to be patient for couple of weeks is always preferable to raise a fresh healthy child.

Here is a Preferable Routine for your Pre-Schooler: 

By 8:00 your kid has to fall asleep so he/she can be ready to start a new fresh day.

Here is a Preferable Routine for your Toddler: 

Most of the toddlers take 1 or 2 nap ( of less than 2 hrs.) during a day and need 12 hrs. continuous sleep at night.