The Night Light Timer

Our neighbors told us about this great idea and I wanted to share it because it's amazing.

Our kids had a history of getting up at the crack of dawn and waking us so very early every morning. We were getting sick of the early morning wake-up calls and our neighbors shared this idea with us just at the right time. It's the night light timer.

We set one of the night lights in our kid's room on a timer (we are using the kind you would plug a lamp or Christmas tree into). We set the timer so that the night light is on from 7:00 PM (when our kids go to bed) to 7:15 AM. We told the kids they aren't allowed to get out of bed until the night light turns off. This is an amazing idea! Before we started to use the night light on a timer, our kids would get up and run around the house sometimes as early as 6:15. Now, they know they have to stay in bed until 7:15! It's great to be able to sleep in a little bit each morning.