If your kids’ bedtime routine is anything like ours, what should be a five-minute bedtime routine often lasts 30 minutes or more after all the “one more book!” and “can I get blankie from the playroom?” queries are handled. Wish you could speed things up? Maybe you can: Swedish psychologist and linguist Carl-Johan Forssen Ehrlin just published a new book that promises to make bedtime a whole lot quicker.
The Rabbit Who Wants to Fall Asleep: A New Way of Getting Children to Sleep, is filled with tips, tricks and parental cues designed to calm kids down, make them sleepier and get them to nod off faster than usual. The book uses psychology, especially positive reinforcement, to create a soothing environment. Children are instructed to listen instead of looking on and reading with the parents. Meanwhile, parents are given cues (via italicized words) to yawn and speak in slower, calmer tones at certain key points. The story follows a rabbit on a journey towards sleep, meeting characters like Uncle Yawn and the Heavy-Eyed Owl along the way.
Not a big surprise that this "magic" book is quickly shooting up the bestseller list on Amazon.
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