Controlling ones Destiny

I am very much a Routine Mumma !

Its what works best for me but also my Girls.

With Routine the Girls no what to expect & what expectations i have of them.
From 6weeks of age both Girls have had a strong Routine we follow .

Dinner, Bath, Bedtime, Story-time to name a few are the exact same time everyday & every night .

We have never had issues with the Girls bedtime routines , they have always gone to bed & quite quickly gone to sleep.. (Unless we have quests which is to be expected right)!

Since the School Holidays the Girls have fallen into a bad Routine, Lacey in particularly of fluffing around until eventually giving into sleep at 8.25pm .

This is the second week of it happening & yesterday i decided i wanted my time back & that no this is not acceptable behaviour & not the way we work in our house .

Not only is it playing up by not going to sleep at the correct time but also her Behaviour has been out of sorts with Moodiness  from lack of sleep..

I tried to think of a way to make them both accountable for there own actions !!

Here's what i came up with :

I got 3 old  jars & prettied them up to make them appealing for Children. Went to the bank & got $10.00 worth of 50c .

I then put $5.00 in both the girls jars then placed my Empty jar in the middle .

Each time they get out of bed after 7.00pm , call out, or disrupt the sleep Routine they will loose 50c out of there jar .

What ever they loose then goes into my jar & i keep it :)

Whats then left in each of the girls Jars on School Banking day they get to bank with there bank Books each week 

The girls love School banking & enjoy learning to manage small amounts of money.

So how did our first night go you ask????

Lacey-Jay lost just $1.00 & Aaliyah lost $0 so far so good 

So the jury is still out but il let you no further down the track !

This may seem harsh to some & may very well not work for everyone & thats ok lets remember we should uplift each other not tear each other down because at the end of the day we are all trying our best of what works best in this crazy old journey called MOTHERHOOD!!!