For our family bedtime means books. We’re all readers and I love that. What I don’t love is how “just one story” can quickly become “just one more story”. It’s great that they want to read but we do eventually need to go to sleep. Well, the folks at Smart Electric have the solution we needed! And it’s a pretty good bet to say that it’s a solution that could help at your house, too! A light bulb with a timer!
Smart Electric has a variety of “smart” bulbs. There are some that can flash to attract attention, some that turn themselves off (and on!), and some that dim. That last category is what I’m sharing about today. The Good Night Dimmer Smart Bulb has a teeny tiny computer chip in it that makes the bulb dim over the course of several minutes (once activated). Turn on the light once to use it as a standard bulb, but flip it a second time to activate it’s super powers! When you do that, it starts out like a normal light and over the next 20 minutes it dims to night light level.
When bedtime begins, we turn on the light. After that, you have until the light dims enough that you can’t read the words easily. Then it’s time to close your eyes and dream. You can see in this picture that at the beginning of bedtime it was bright enough to light most of the room. The second picture is after about 15 minutes – just barely bright enough to finish the chapter (because there’s always a chapter to finish up)!
Thanks to this bulb, bedtime has been going much more smoothly and has required a lot less nagging reminding that it’s sleepy time. That’s worth a mint, right there!
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I brush my teeth and wash my face.
Pjs, brush teeth, read a book and to bed!
Usually brush the teeth, read a book, and a big hug.
we watch an episode on tv, brush our teeth & go to bed.
Brush their teeth, say prayers, and tuck them in bed.
Bedtime snack, brush teeth and storytime.
A story and then prayers
Clean the room, put on pj’s, brush teeth, & storytime
dinner.bath if its bath night. milk. teeth brushing. book then bed
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bath, brush, book, bed!
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Bath, brush teeth, story time then bed.
Bath, storytime, teeth brushing and mama milk.
We usually do a snack and then teethbrushing.
To always brush teeth!
My kids start getting ready for bed at the same time every night. One brushes teeth while the other gets jammies on. Then they switch. After that it’s time to read for 20 minutes (part of their daily homework). Then it’s lights out!
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We give back scratches, and hugs and kisses. I still lay down with my youngest other wise he won’t stay in bed.
after bath time we read a few books, sing a song, work on our counting and then go to bed
read some books, brush teeth, and off to bed!
We read at bedtime, too — so this is a fantastic idea!
We usually start our bedtime routine around 8. Bath, story & then bedtime.
I always read myself sleepy, if it is a really good book, it may take awhile!
Our routine is bath, books, and then bed.
Bath, brush your teeth, prayers, and bed at 8:30. I try to stick to this everynight, but more often than not we don’t get to the bed til 9 🙁
We tend to read for about half an hour after we go to bed…but I have a bad habit of staying up much later. This would really help me get sleepy and ready to lie down.
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Now that the kids are older, we don’t really have any routines. But, when they were younger they absolutely couldn’t go to be without a story (or two or three or four…)
We say prayers and give lots of hugs and kisses while tucking into bed!
shower and then reading time
Brush teeth, wash face and read.
After bath and teeth brushing we read 3 books per child and they are usually asleep unless there has been a new video game in the house that day.
My bedtime routine is giving me a bath, watch some TV, read a little and sleep.
I have a very hard time going to sleep. I usually have to read a long time to help me go to sleep. I usually fall asleep with the light and/or lamp on. The Smart Bulb would be perfect for nights like that. Great innovation.
breastmilk + snuggles + diaper change + PJS + book + some more snuggles + kisses 🙂
Snuggles and reading in bed.
Brush teeth, read a story.
A book before bed.
What an awesome idea! This would really help start calming the little ones down for our nite- time routine!
Bath at 7:30, bed at 8:30. Every night we keep the same routine.