The gift... Pillow Pets Dream Lites
I'm sure you have seen the commercials for these adorable little stuffed beasts of burden. They have a button on their backs and a projection lights up the ceiling…what completely backfires is your child will keep pushing the button over and over all night long and do anything but sleep.
Tate got a giraffe and Riley got a penguin and they LOVE THEM! The first night Ryan and I made the mistake of giving them both their pets, the shrieks of giggles were so cute…at first, but then 45 minutes later, a very irritated daddy and mommy had to make the call to take the pets away and the shrieks of cries were not so cute.
So the second night we decided to put the pets on the floor (instead of in bed with them) so they couldn't keep pushing the button, besides the 20 minutes of arguing with Riley over why he couldn't have it in bed, that night went much better.
But like the good parents we are, we sought opportunity in these fluffy glow devils.
-Thou shalt giveth and thou shalt taketh AWAY!-
What a wonderful new way to have good little boy at bed time. Riley's reward for being good at bed time (picking up toys, brushing teeth, putting on pjs…) is, he gets his pillow pet IN BED! And now he knows if he is loud or naughty with the pillow pet while in bed, it gets taken away. The other night, after the boys were already in bed, Ryan went in to check on Tate (who was fussing). Ryan said, Riley laid stiff as a board and stashed his pillow pet under the blankets. Ryan said "No worries Riley, I'm just checking on Tate, your being a good boy"
So I guess we have figured out a system for the pillow pets, Riley gets his at night time and Tate get his at nap time. Of coarse, we do have the occasionally night of this…
You can see both the boys here on the video monitor, wrestling with their pillow pets in Tate's crib…
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