“It gives them a sense of ownership over their day when they can decide when to wake up, rather than wait for mom or dad.” Now that they’re older, she’s getting them a real alarm clock. It was really helpful,” Samantha Collins, a mom of three, tells us. “We used to have a little stuffed owl when the kids were.too small to read a clock, and the owl's face would turn green at 6:30 am, so the kids knew they could get up. Kids thrive with a steady morning routine, just like they do with a bedtime routine. The good news is, there are a huge variety of alarm clocks with features like night-lights, sleep sounds, and gentle alarms to help them enjoy waking up. While you may rely on the alarm on your phone to get you up and going during the week, for obvious reasons, that’s not an option for your children, and you may even want your older kids to keep their phones far away from their beds, to maintain good sleep hygiene. If there’s room for the stages yet to come, even better. The best alarm clocks for kids are the ones that account for the stage your child is in right now. The right clock can make the whole family’s mornings go a whole lot smoother. by bright-eyed toddlers to battling tweens over bedtime to teens who could sleep through the whole day-with no break of “normal” sleep in between.
When raising kids, it feels like you go straight from sleep-training infants to being awoken at 5 a.m.
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