We gave our daughter a doorbell

We've only ever had an audio baby monitor. Our eldest is six now and, at bedtime, if she needs us while she's struggling to fall asleep, she can knock on the bed frame or the wall. We have always told her that if she needs us, we will come. This has worked well, but now on the occasions she does knock, she's getting quite persistent with it.

It's like: Knock. Knock. Knock. Knock knock knock. KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK. I AM THE ONE WHO KNOCKS - and we've barely made it to the first step.

So tonight, we gave her a doorbell. She understands the concept of a doorbell and knows we've heard it. Now we get a gentle chime and we can slowly ascend to our queen.