The Berenstain Bears’ Bedtime Battle – How true the battles are!
Written: Apr 11 '08 (Updated Apr 27 '08)
Product Rating:
Pros: Teaches preschooler right from wrong and how to work through many issues.
Cons: None really, these are terrific stories to share with little ones!
The Bottom Line: If you have preschoolers, these books cover so many different topics that help young ones learn how to put to words what they are feeling!
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Well, I had heard about the bedtime battles of little ones when they hit toddler age. But, I had not experienced the level of battles that would be waged by someone so little. I thought that there could not be such a rough parenting experience as a night time battle. There has to be something more important, something much more intense than a bedtime battle. Little did I know, but I do now!
The Berenstain Bears always seem to touch on the hottest topics that any parent will experience. You might not have it now, but truly, you will have it sometime between diapers and college graduation. I have had my share of battles with my almost 5 year old and I can agree that this version in the Bedtime Battle book shows some of the creativity of younger children in trying ANYTHING they can not to have to go to bed when they are supposed to go to bed.
My situations though, seem much more intense and seemed to involve a child much more worked up than sister and brother bear seem to get. But, regardless, this book is fun to read and hopefully, gets a message to my preschooler about improper behavior when it’s time to go to bed.
The Story
As you have probably gathered from what I said above, this book talks about the trials and tribulations of getting the little cubs to bed. (I think when you have more than one child, they feed off each other and give each other momentum. But, I haven’t personally experienced it. If you have, drop me a message and tell me if that’s true or if I am totally off the mark!)
The cubs know it is bedtime, but they “just” got out their toys to either have a tea party or a dinosaur fight. The folks tell them that they toys need to be put away, the children go about it in a snail’s fashion. Being good parents trying to get their cubs to bed, they try to make it a contest to see how fast the toys can be put away. Neither cub speeds up, the daddy bear runs himself ragged trying to help them with their toys.
Next, they finally are ready to move towards the night-night routine and get their bath. They want a piggy back ride to the top of the stairs. Papa bear obliges them, but again, he is run ragged as the cubs are not as little as they were when he last gave them piggy back rides up the stairs.
The bath is a bit of a mess as papa bear gives them way too many bubbles and things happen making the bath take a bit longer than normal. The teeth brushing also turned into bedtime delaying task. The cubs decided it was time to argue about their toothpaste as it wasn’t like their cousin’s toothpaste or their friend’s toothpaste down the road. Every part of their bedtime routine was debated and delayed by some action of the cubs.
Finally, it was bedtime. But, stories have to be read. Brother and sister bear could not decide on the same book, making both mama and papa bear take one of the cubs to read the cub their story so that both would be satisfied. Well, the cuddling for each parent while reading allowed for the day’s events (and the bedtime battle) to show mama and papa bear exactly how tired they were.
Overall Impressions
While this doesn’t match our exact situation, it certainly touches on the procrastination of those two cubs. My daughter finds all of The Berenstain Bears books funny. No matter what the situation that the cubs find themselves in, she enjoys reading about it and she enjoys the way that the cubs find a solution to the problem. If the issue was solved by mama and papa bear or if the cubs solved it, she likes to talk about the reasons why the cubs did what they did and how they solved the dilemma. I think it provides her a way to discuss things that she doesn’t understand and these books help her put her thoughts together. This allows her to put things to word and that helps her feel more comfortable in expressing herself.
I enjoy these books tremendously and we have quite a collection of them. All of the books touch on excellent topics that a lot of families experience. If you have a preschooler, these books are perfect for them.
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