My Bedtime Routine
Same steps, same order, every night
Name(s): Date:
- Cross out any step your family doesn't use and add your own.
- Your child checks off each step as they go.
- Aim for about 20 to 30 minutes from start to lights out.
Tonight's steps
- Screens off and on the charger
- Quick tidy: toys and books away
- Bath or wash face and hands
- Pajamas on
- Brush teeth (grown-up helps)
- Use the bathroom
- Water sip and night-light set
- Read a book together
- Hug and goodnight
- Lights out
This week
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My lights-out time
Sleep guidance: kids 3–5 need 10–13 hours and kids 6–12 need 9–12 hours in 24 hours (American Academy of Sleep Medicine, supported by the AAP).