"CLOCK"

When Sian and Jake were little they used to hide the electric clocks in their bedrooms on Christmas Eve. Their theory was that if there was no time then Christmas was bound to come quicker. I didn't know about this until recently but I think it was a clever plan. Not only did it appear to them that Christmas came quicker but they couldn't suffer the interminable sleeplessness that comes from clock-watching!
When Jake was 2 or 3 we taught him to tell the time. He didn't ever seem to need much sleep and would wake at 5.30 or 6.00 every morning. This was a little early for us...especially after he had probably kept us awake half the night...so we taught him to recognise 7.30am. on the analogue clock. He was not allowed to come out of his room until that time. He could play quietly in his room but was not to come out. This worked really well!!
I couldn't ever believe that he was such a poor sleeper through the night, would wake early in the
morning AND did not have a daytime sleep!!