My grandkids fight bedtime with their parents. They fall asleep in minutes for me, and I try not to be smug about it.

The author has a knack for getting her grandbabies to fall asleep.

Courtesy of the author My adult kids often ask me to take over when their children won't sleep.

I follow the parents' routines while staying calm and adjusting to each child's needs.

Sometimes I walk out of the bedroom with a sleeping grandchild just minutes later.

I must have inherited my mother's magic touch for putting kids to sleep.

It drives my kids crazy.

While I was visiting my son and daughter-in-law recently, she confided that bedtime had become a nightmare .

I offered to give her a break by putting my grandson to bed.

I was prepared for a struggle since we were at their house, and he knew his mom was in the next room.

We took him to his room after his bath to put on his PJs and sleep sack .

It was already darkened and droning with white noise.

After she left the room, I gave him a hug and kiss while softly telling him I loved him and that it was now time for dodo.

I put him down, and that was that.

He squirmed a bit, but I rubbed his back for a couple of minutes until he settled down.