About The Book
Ralphie Mix, at age of six, didn’t want to go to bed.
Join Ralphie and national bestselling author and illustrator Marianne Richmond in an endearing bedtime routine that will charm you night after night. Six year old Ralphie invents every excuse to delay his bedtime. His perceptive mom, however, sees his stalling as her invitation to engage Ralphie in a silly series of kisses, hugs, pinches and pokes – all inspired by his favorite animals and each leaving the twosome in a heap of giggles.
My Thoughts
Coulter and I have found a new favorite bedtime book. We make reading a nightly thing in our house and Coulter can just about recite all of I’m Not Tired Yet! Mostly because it’s him in a nutshell! We have created a routine in our own house and if a step is missed than we are in for crying until every step has been completed. Ralphie reminds me so much of Coulter and how Ralphie needs his routine filled with cuddly bear hugs, caterpillar tickles and gorilla hugs.
My husband and I both could relate to the stalls that little Ralphie does in the books and we liked how the mother handled them. While we have a routine that we follow it doesn’t mean that Coulter doesn’t try and add something new every night. The mother in this book let’s Ralphie get away with most of them and Cory and I liked the one-on-one time it encourages. Sometimes with two in the house it’s hard to get alone time with both of them; bedtime routines allow this to happen. Adding a few extra caterpillar tickles and gorilla hugs can’t hurt right?!
To see more from Marianne Richmond check out our review on Beautiful Blue Eyes.
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*I was supplied a copy to review and provide my thoughts on. However, this did not influence my opinion and the thoughts above are my own.*
36 COMMENTS
Lily Kwan
13 years agoMy bedtime routine is pretty straightforward.
trixx
13 years agoWe have a routine; it’s always bath, story then lights out.
Lisa L
13 years agoOh it’s a battle every night to go to bed. Even after a bath and story, my son likes to toss & turn and ask for water, etc to stall
Chevy Roper
13 years agoIt is a fight usually. We go through the whole routine: PJ’s, teeth, nite loving, bed, and then the repeated go to sleep!!
Melissa G
13 years agoMy kids know that at 7:55 it is time to get ready for bed. They have to take their meds, go do all the bathroom business, grab a book and get in bed ready for hugs and kisses.
jamie kelsey
13 years agoour bedtime routine is get a bedtime snack, then brush teeth, story, and then bedtime–i usually have more trouble out of my 14 year old wanting to get to bed than my 6 year old lol
Sarah Carroll
13 years agoWe do baths every other night . Every night we have the kids brush thier teeth and read for 20 min. Then I send them to bed. My husband usually is the one to tuck them in.
Beth
13 years agoWe set a timer and he has that amount of time to get his toys cleaned, teeth brushed, jammies on, and then to watch a short video if there is still time. Then we read two books, sing a song, then off to bed. Pretty easy most of the time
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Lisa B.
13 years agoPJs, brush teeth, read about 3 short books, then to sleep!
valerie Stayton
13 years agoOur bedtime routine is pretty straight forward though it’s not ideal. I would like to work on it a bit more. Right now the kids sit down to watch TV which puts my boys to sleep and at 10 the TV gets turned off and I carry them to bed or if ryan is still awake I get him all snuggle bugged in bed and kisses goodnight. If it’s Ryker still awake I have to lay down with them so he can play with my hair and within minutes he is asleep and I sneak out.
I know it’s not the best but it’s my time to finish things up for the day while they are falling asleep. When the hubby is gone so much I do what I have to do.
1955nurse
13 years agoWhen my kids were little, it was pretty straightforward, 7:30 baths & bedtime by 8:30…. it’s not so w/my Grands, they really don’t have a routine, so it can be a fight sometimes! (I tried reminding my Son about the routine when he was little & they’ve tried it, but they don’t seem to be able to keep it up!) Holly))
Kristi C
13 years agoOur routine is bath, brush teeth, one story, and then off to bed.
Michele Behlen
13 years agoMy grandson lives with me and he has a set routine which includes a short story. He is good about going to bed as long as he gets his storytime.
Sandy VanHoey
13 years agoI live with my daughter and grandson and every night his routine is getting his teeth brushed and flossed, then off to read a few books before bed. Many nights, he is not tired and he is very talkative. Lately, he isn’t getting a nap at Pre-K so…he is overly tired
Janet W.
13 years agoMy grandson is only 2, so bedtime is pretty straightforward. We brush teeth, get a bath, put his sleeper on, and go to his crib. He doesn’t fight it… yet.
Anonymous
14 years agoBedtime is good right now- he’s still a baby… but I imagine this would come in very handy as he gets older.
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Nancye Davis
14 years agoBedtime includes teeth brushing, songs, and a prayer.
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liz
14 years agoI would LOVE to win this for my grandson!! He is always saying “No,I am not tired yet!”
Kathleen Quinlan
14 years agoConstance is the best, brush teeth,read a story while cuddling. Sometimes sing softly and rub his head:)
Laurel Simmons
14 years agoMy son is 6 and this is my life. LOL
Jammies, snuggles, book, then hope for the best. 😉
Carole Spring
14 years agoThe bedtime routine is bath, brush teeth, snuggle while reading books, kisses, hugs, lights dimmed, cuddle with him while he tries to go to sleep ……. and hope that he does!
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Rita Spratlen
14 years agoIt used to be a battle every night years ago. I had night owls. That is over. This would be great for my grandson now.
Dianna Thomas
14 years agodlmwdavis@hotmail.com is already subscribed to the mailing list of Giveaway Blogdom
Dianna Thomas
14 years agoevery night,bath, teeth brushed and book read, kisses and prayers,music box turned on–never much of a fight, we start at 7:30 and are done around 8:30 so they are pretty tired anyway
Jennifer Rogers
14 years agoPretty straight forward! Dinner, a bath, a little Nick jr. in bed, a little “i’m not tired yet” and lights out, then a trip to the bathroom! Every single night!
Kim
14 years agoIt’s bath, brush teeth, and then fight to get them to go to sleep every night
megan comes
14 years ago*cromes*
megan comes
14 years agoits pretty straight forward.bed time is.
desiree
14 years agothank for the giveway and then i am doing them for the purse hop
Pamalot
14 years agoIt is still a fight to get my son to brush his teeth. Aughhhh!
Lori Thomas
14 years agobathroom, brush teeth, jammies, & then bedtime story
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14 years agothe stuffed animals have to be all in place, the blankets in the right order – we have quite a routine at bedtime
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Stephanie Hirsch
14 years agoI read to my girls and tuck my youngest in bed. Then I check on them. It usually isn’t a fight, until they keep getting up because they forgot water…or the bathroom, or something else, lol.
christie spaeth
14 years agofor my daughter medicine teeth bedtime, for my teeth pottty bed time and then I read or my husband reads them both books.
Jen P
14 years agolots of reading involved in the routine!
Leslie Coleman
14 years agoI would love to win this for my daughters. They love bedtime stories and with them both not wanting to go to bed at night right now, this might be good for them.