Lauren Giesting: American mother makes genius interactive bedtime chart
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Mom’s clever ‘bedtime routine’ hack is praised by thousands of weary parents: ‘I’ve never seen my kids more excited to brush their teeth’
- A mother of three came up with a ‘cool’ chart to help organize her kids
- She and her mother created an interactive chart of bedtime routines for their children.
- The chart has seven bedtime chores that your kids can check off when they’re done.
- Parents are obsessed with the chart as it helps make children more independent.
A busy mother of three created a ‘genius’ solution to organize her children’s ‘disastrous’ bedtime routine, and the simple trick has been praised by thousands.
With the help of her mother, parenting blogger Lauren Giesting from the US has created an interactive bedtime chart that allows her children to check off their seven bedtime chores once completed. .
Lauren, who has seven-year-old twins and an eight-year-old daughter, said the ‘game changer’ chart has built her children’s independence and they are now excited to brush their teeth and put on their pajamas.
Lauren Giesting (left) and her mother (right) created an interactive bedtime chart to organize their children’s nighttime routine.
The seven-step chart (pictured) has been a ‘game changer’ for her family, allowing her children to manage their own bedtime routine.
“This has been a game changer in our home, my amazing mom made this for my kids because our bedtime has been messed up,” she said along with a snap from the bedtime chart.
You have seven steps to complete before going to bed, including going to the bathroom, washing or bathing, brushing your teeth, drinking water, putting on your pajamas, hugging and kissing, and reading books.
After completing each step, the child can close that section by gluing it on with the attached Velcro.
Parents say charts like these help kids manage their own tasks independently, and the interactive aspect lets them visualize what’s left to complete.
“I’ve never seen my kids more excited to brush their teeth, put on their pajamas, and read a book before,” she said.
It has changed our bedtime routine from 30 minutes, maybe an hour, to ten minutes. Amazing.’
The parents were obsessed with the clever organization system.
‘What a fantastic mother. I love it,” said one woman.
“I’m 23 and I need this for myself,” another quipped.
‘This is a great idea! The good thing is that you can customize it however you want for the needs of your family”, commented another.
One said she has a similar system, but she actually takes photos of her children doing their homework and then sticks them on a whiteboard so they remember what to do.
“It worked wonderfully into her morning routine for school,” she said.
Lauren was so impressed with how her family’s bedtime routine worked that she decided to make another chart for her children’s morning routine.
“Our mornings used to be about repeating ourselves constantly, this painting has turned that into instant independence for the kids,” she said.