What are your top tips for getting your child to sleep? Share with Hasbro’s new Moon and Me!

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Getting your DC to sleep can be a challenge worthy of an award. It can be especially difficult when your children change the way they respond to toys, songs, or any other sleep aids you have in your parental arsenal. To celebrate the launch of their new Moon and Me Toy range, Hasbro would like you to share your tips for how you succeed in getting your child to sleep or what has helped you manage your child’s sleeping habits in the past.

Here’s what Hasbro has to say about their Moon and Me toys:
“Our lovable new toy range features favourite characters from the magical world of Moon and Me. From figures and play-sets that are perfect for playtime to soft plush that little ones will love snuggling with at bedtime! “

What are your tips and tricks for getting your children to sleep? Have you worked out a magic routine, or do you have a favourite sleep toy? Do you rely on sleep songs or other comforters to help you? Does TV make up a part of your child’s sleep routine? Who has a bigger say in picking up a sleep toy - you or your children? Does your DC already have a preferred sleep aid?

Please share your tips for getting your child to sleep below and you will be entered into a prize draw where one MNer will win a £300 voucher of your choice (from a list) and a toy bundle from the new Moon and Me toy range.

Thanks and good luck!

MNHQ

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sleep training

Warm bath, followed by cuddles and bedtime story

Playing some relaxing music on his bedside. Always work after 10 minutes.

I definitely find that it helps to have a routine and have implemented a routine with both of my two daughters. With the oldest we read her stories and then she goes to sleep and the youngest has a bottle and then bed.

Routine is KEY! We stick to the same routine every night! We start winding down around 6:30. The kids will have a bath and then I will read them a couple of books. I will also sing the bedtime song and both babies are alseep by 7:30.

Having a bedtime routine is so important for this! We usually wind down after dinner with a bath, and then some reading.

Swimming! Lots of fresh air and a lovely comfy bed and bedroom.

The best bit of advice I was given was to rub my hair onto where my daughter was laid down to sleep. Mum's or Dad's smell is the the most comforting thing to a baby. My daughter slept like a baby every night.

Consistency. Routine of pjs, teeth and book.

My LO still nurses to sleep but having a story and quiet time before bed helps too.

A nice bath, song and a book always seems to help :)

I did an extensive 2 weeks of sleep training with mine. I can’t remember the exact age but was around 6 months. We had a rough time of it after an initial good start when moving into their own room.

I spent the first few days figuring out what they needed.

Then I gave them it, which turned out to be my presence while they drifted off.

Over the next two weeks I slowly reduced the time I was in there, to the point of commando crawling out the room!

After just over two weeks they were confident enough to sleep on their own. Very little issues since as is now turning 4.

Make bedtime fun and of course always always a bedtime story x

My 1yr old DS is a power house so we really have to start with keeping stimulation to a minimum about 45 mins before bedtime. Low light, soft music.

We have dinner, little relaxing play (no noisy or flashing toys) then bath, teeth, pjs and story with lots of daddy cuddles. He still feeds to sleep so we have a cuddle and a feed in his rocking chair till he drops off.

For us it’s really important to be flexible to avoid it being stressful as DS has major fomo and would rather not sleep

DD gets a bath to play and then calm down in, followed by a story and half an hour with her night light.

Bedtime routine, so they keep same day-in-day-out sleep patterns

Definately routine, no tv before bed either. If he's struggling to settle down I tell him I'm just going downstairs to wash up/sort out the washing etc and I'll pop back and check on him in a few mins. Hes always asleep before I go back up.

Routine, routine, routine. I find, if my little ones routine is knocked out then her sleep is too. As much as I hate being restricted by a routine, it's better than the alternative.

Also, her day time nap makes a huge difference. If she sleeps too long then she's not as tired for bed and if it's too short, I find she's over tired come bedtime.

A routine and a regular time mainly but not letting them get overtired is also key.

Routine!

Bathtime booktime bedtime

Hasn't always gone swimmingly (lol) but generally no nonsense no negotiation routine has worked in this house

Sitting out of sight playing the lullaby's on her musical duckling.

I always read them a story then put on an audio book for them to fall asleep to. Works every time.

Bath, book(s), bed - usually we add a little lavender to her bath to help soothe her!

Be consistent. If you give in the first few nights that the little one wants attention, you will set a pattern for the future.
Also though, make sure you have a good monitoring system in their room. That way, you will be sure they don't really need you, and you might actually get to sleep without worrying about whether they are ill.

Book is always good, it's one thing our LG does really look forward to in bed as it's a bit more special than being downstairs. The last story (truncated version of Gobbolino in Story Teller - Marshall Cavendish version) didnt even get finished, she was asleep halfway through.

If we had a busy day, been to the park etc. then she's tired enough to be fine about bedtime but it's more a struggle when we've not done much physically.