PDA bedtime hack! 👀🐼😴
Use the “D” in PANDA
D - Disguise & Manage: limit demands, indirect requests.
Disguise bedtime. It needs to become an indirect request from you. Add some humor. Spend quality time together in their room before bed. Develop that bond.
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What’s the PANDA approach? 🐼
P - Pick Battles: minimize rules & accept that some things can’t be done.
A- Anxiety Management: reduce uncertainties, keep out of fight or flight mode, treat their anxiety/distress as you would panic attacks.
N- Negotiation & Collaboration: team work & allow negotiations, parents stay calm.
D - Disguise & Manage: limit demands, indirect requests.
A - Adaption: more novelty/humor during the day, give them time, parents be flexible.
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