Tired of early morning wake-up calls, I finally broke down and bought Amelia a "toddler alarm clock." They have a built-in clock that you can set to turn green when it is ok for the child to get up. They are a bit pricey, so I had put off buying one for a long time. However I found the owl clock on sale, so I bought it. At the set time, the owl will light up in a green color. If the child wakes up, he or she can squeeze the belly and it will say "It's not time to get up yet, go back to sleep" and play soothing music - well not so soothing when you here it go off over and over again at 6 am. I thought that might be a good feature for Amelia.
Amelia was very excited to get a new toy, which is the problem. To her, it is a toy just like her glow sea horse; she could care less about staying in bed until it turns green. We have some days she will proudly come into our room and show us the owl turned green, but most days she still arrives in our room at 6:30 am with all her "friends" in tow (she brings in about five stuffed animals and blankets.). Part of the problem is that we didn't think this through before we gave it to her and have not been strict about having her go back to her bed until it is time to get up. I think we are going to incorporate a sticker chart along with the owl. She seemed excited about that.
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