The Chart Sucess!

Well ever since Christian has had a hard time going to sleep, I have been racking my brain with new ideas to get him to not fight me when it is bedtime. I was at my whits end the other day, because he has now started to fall asleep around 10:30PM!!!! That is just too late. I am tired he is tired and we were fighting like crazy! So I was at my moms house on Monday, and I just asked her what I should do. She was so funny, she asked me if I wanted her to tell me what to do or what!?! I said I want to know what to do! I have not done this before and I need HELP!!!! She suggested that I make bedtime a fun time, make a chart hype it up to him. I said "make a chart??" and she said "yes, make a bedtime routine chart of everything that you do before you go to bed, like get PJ's on, brush teeth, go potty, take a drink of water, read two books, pray and at the end of the chart NO CRYING!!!" Well I did it I made the chart when we got home. Christian helped me flip through magazines and cut out pictures. We glued them on a poster board and then I found some stickers. When Jory got home we had a family meeting to explain what the chart was and how much fun it will be to do this every night! Christian was excited about it! When we were done eating dinner, I told him it was time to pick up toys and get ready to go to bed and do our chart. He picked up the toys and practically ran upstairs! I thought well this is a good thing! He did the chart and got into bed and I told him I would stay for 5 minutes and then I was leaving and he had to stay in his bed and not get up otherwise he would get a spanking. Well lets just say that the first night was not such a huge success. but he did fall asleep in his own room, not down stairs. Well I asked my bible study to pray for me yesterday and I think that it worked, because he was asleep in his own bed with no tears before 8pm last night! So I hope that it is only going to get better! I will not give in, I will not give in!! So anyways Mom you had a GREAT idea and I guess I just have to learn from the best! LOL