Hello;

I am from Egypt and we have some habits when it comes to raising children that I don't really like. I am more convinced with the western and Australian way of parenting.

I have 2 main problems that I want to change with my kid

1-sleep: he is 10 months old sleeps at 11-12: PM which is very late in my opinion, wakes up approximately at the same time AM. he takes a nap around 2:00 PM and sometimes another one at 6 pm.
I tried to skip the 6 pm nap but he still sleeps late. dont know what to do to make him sleep early.

2- TV, here we have tv's open all day, I try to shut it down when I'm home alone with him but when the dad comes, he opens it. also when he goes to his grandparents, they always try to make him watch it.
I just want to know how many time do you allow your children to watch TV, and what is it ok for them to watch at this age?


finally, I would love your recommendations about some books to read and your opinion about audio-books for children

Thanks

thx so much everyone
all ur replies were very helpful even if there is no advice, feeling that i'm not a lone is great
i'll try to apply all practices mentioned and read the books

thx again girls

i'm actually writing to u with him sleeping on my arm   

hi;

My son is 3.5 months and since he was born he wakes up whenever i put him to bed. so, i started co-sleeping and now he is up if i tried to get out of bed  to do chores.
i want to put him to sleep in his cot and i don't know how. even if i succeeded, whenever he moves while sleeping , he gets up and the crying begin. should let him cry it out... i don't like it
He feeds well and he is healthy msA, so it's not health issue
Also, he start his evening sleep at about 2:00 Am and i don't like it ofcourse. how to shift it to 8:00 at least

plz help. this is my first subject and i am a new memder