A visual schedule for bedtime.
Winding down is hard when the day won't end. A calm, predictable order helps the body know sleep is coming.
What to expect
The same steps in the same order, night after night, are what make bedtime calmer over time. The schedule is the promise that nothing surprising is coming. Change it to fit your kid's wind-down.
One tip from a dad who's been there
Keep the last two steps the quietest, story then lights, so the schedule slopes down toward sleep instead of ending on a jolt.
