Your Kid's Room

My two year, 9 month old son has recently began sleeping on his own bed. This is one of his milestones as he moved away from sleeping on the family bed. A real concern for me is how to get him to start taking good charge of his room and care for it. His room is where all his stuff is. His big container box for his toys, his closet, bed and his potty. I believe it is not too early for him to form a habit of keeping his own room clean.

It always helps to train early. It may almost be impossible to get everything spic and span, especially with a toddler around. But at least things has to be in a manageable level. I have trained my son to pack away his toys from the age of six months and now even though there are times he just feels he wants to do other things, when he is told to pack away, he knows this has to come first before he will be able to go play or ride his twist car.

A kid has to be reminded to tidy his room everyday until he gets used to packing away his toys. If you will choose to have your child straighten up his room on the weekends, it will take more than an hour, while daily maintainance could possibly just cost him five minutes a day. This will allow him to see that maintaining his room is not a burden.

Arrange your kid's room in such a way that it is easy for them to maintain. This should only take common sense to supply the child with things he can easily reach. Child-sized furnishings. This makes him see that he belongs to this room. Give the child a sense of responsibility in owning his or her own room. This will make taking care of the room come naturally for your little one.