What to Say When Your Child Refuses Bedtime – Gentle Parenting Scripts (Printable PDF)

Bedtime shouldn't be a battle every night.

This printable guide gives you calm, warm words for the moments bedtime falls apart, for parents of children aged about 2 to 7.

Inside you'll find:

- What to say when play has to end, pyjamas are refused, or the story "isn't finished"

- Words for the fifth "one more thing" and "stay with me"

- A simple, manageable evening routine

- A bedside phrase guide to keep where you need it

- A page to write your own family's bedtime plan

- Gentle words for reconnecting after evenings when patience ran out

Keep the boundary. Keep it warm. Notice when your child needs comfort and when they need help.

This is an everyday parenting guide, not an infant sleep programme, and it doesn't promise uninterrupted nights. What it gives you is the right words at the hardest time of day.

Created by teacher, author and parent coach Madelaine Strydom, Gentle Words Studio.

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