Put away the pajamas

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Where should the pajamas go once they come off? Without a settled answer they end up under the bed or in a heap on the chair, and at bedtime ten minutes disappear into the search, so the visual support below marks the way from bed to drawer.

A person puts a striped pair of pajamas into a dresser drawer.

Put away the pajamas

A person puts a striped pair of pajamas into a dresser drawer.

About this visual support

Pajamas without an address end up everywhere: under the bed, halfway into the wardrobe, in a pile with yesterday's socks. In the morning it barely registers, because everyone is busy getting somewhere else. It shows up in the evening, when your child is tired and the pajamas have to be found again, and a calm bedtime opens with a hunt across the room.

So the pictures should be about the place, not the garment. A card showing the folded pajamas and a card showing the drawer they live in give one single answer to the question of where they go. Tape the same picture on the front of the drawer as the one in your morning sequence, so the two point at each other and your child does not have to translate between images. Do not ask for four neat folds either: two folds are enough for the pajamas to fit in the drawer, and the difference in resistance is large.

In Routined the pajamas can sit last in the morning routine, right after the clothes go on. The pictures here are free to download, and the app can be tried for fourteen days at no cost.