Hillyt mom to
Ian 12
Ella, Holly, Jilly 6
Hadley 3

Let me start with, I don't have quints, so it could just be the sheer #'s. My girls are some of the the best bedtime kids I know. The secret is media intervention. I know contoversial, but always for about 30-60 minutes before I have wanted my kids to sleep, I have let them have a show, or a book on CD, or music, something to lessen the chaos. It is tough when they all have to be in one room. Bedtime is 8:30. It is just in the past couple months that they have started "sleeping in" until after 7 am or later....

When they are not good, they lose the tv time. I am big on finding the "currency" that works for the kid, and using it. I love when they get invited on a playdate or a birthday party because it is an obvious motivator to behave. Mine are not destroyers, but they have their share of fighting, talking back, ect.