What to try
- Look for some books about bedtime, and save these for reading when your toddler is getting ready to sleep.
- Prepare your toddler for the story by saying, “You look tired, let’s get ready for bed and read a bedtime story.”
- Read the book as part of getting ready for bed, using a calm tone of voice.
Good to know
Calming books about sleep can help your toddler to link the feelings they experience when they feel tired to enjoying a lovely bedtime story. This will help them to build a routine associating their bedtime books with being ready to sleep.
