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Clichéd Lullaby
No
matter how clichéd it may sound this was the first thing that I started doing
before my child would actually go to sleep. There wasn’t a specific lullaby
like the ones that we hear in movies in daily life, instead I would hum random
tunes to my toddler and he would slowly fall asleep. He really loved listening
to lullabies when he was really small. He would sometime make sounds while I used
to hum the tune, I don’t know may be just to imitate me.
It is Dance Night
Well
believe it or not I used to dance with my little one before he used to go to
sleep. After coming from office I take in arms would dance in he enjoyed it. He
used to laugh and then we would go to sleep and he would sleep soundly because
of being tired by the continuous laughing. He loved the new moves and steps and
things we used to do while dancing.
Drive Me Sleepy
I used
to take my kid out for a stroll and he would love every single of bit. Once I took
him out in car and from that the strolling ritual turned into a driving ritual.
He loved it being the car and whenever we used to head back he would fall
asleep. From there on it became a permanent ritual for all of us (my wife, my
baby and me) to go on a drive. It also helped us in exploring the city and we
used to take him to parks with car and he totally loved it. He would start
smiling when I would pick the car keys.
These
are the things that developed into ritual before he used to go to sleep. I also
used to follow one more ritual which is making him wear diaper before he would
go to sleep. This ensured him a sound and healthy sleep, so when he would wake
up he would be all active and happy.