my little one is growing up, he now decided that if he doesn't want ot go to bed he will get up and play in his room or peek out t his parents to see what fun they have after his bedtime. We are back to a crib, or sitting beside his bed, or lots of tears because Mom got mad, or all of the above. I don't like this particular stage in his life. Add the cough/ stuffyness he got from his Dad and you have a recipe for long nights and no fun evenings. Wonder how long this will last. I am getting ready for his party at the end of July. Today I found die cast Larry mobiles for a favor and of course had to get extra for my Grandkids.i am selling stuff for my MIL and so far it is going pretty well, except for the saw mill. I did find out it isn't an antique so I have a better chance at selling it, but no chance at the donation thing.
Naptime
June 27th, 2006 at 06:44 pm
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I had to resort to the be all of rewards...chocolate at breakfast, if you are quiet at bedtime you get chocoalte with your trailmix...it seems to work, I never have to yell more than once after the first week. ANd ow a couple months into it, I don't have to mention chocoalte, I can even skip the trail mix and they are still good at night, barring parties, those are interesting sometimes, but still a bit of a lecture and that is that...I am really lucky about bedtime for those two.
My youngest on the other hand......
June 28th, 2006 at 06:06 am 1151474818
My brother and his wife read to their kids, sing a zillion songs, yell, stamp their feet, bribe, threaten etc. Not a great way to end the day. They can't believe how easily my kids go to bed...usually...
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but once that is old news, you can move on to sleep.
what happens in the middle of the night when he wakes up?
for UE (the baby) I now send DH in to hold him, that takes away the possibility of milk, which in the middle of the night for him is a pacifier, it took a couple tries and DH stayed up till midnight just holding him several times but now I can sleep thru it and UE only gets up twice (as opposed to a billion, babysteps here) I know yours isn't nursing but maybe he sees you as his 'lovey' (leftover from the adoption stuff) you might want to spend a sleepless week, getting out of the room, say put him in bed with a kiss then move to the door where he can see you but not reach you, then when that becomes easy move to where you can shush him nicely but he can't see you, then start sneaking out further. (nice cause it is hard to fall asleep when you know someone is mad at you...)
One thing I told DD when she had trouble with me going back to my bed..."just how far do you think I can go? it is a small house!" That and we talk about howmy bed is for me, hers is for her, and no one likes sleeping on the floor (not that I never do it...) Better sleep means happier mommy, happier mommy means more fun (I never seem to be in the mood for playdough or painting when I am dog tired...)
One last note in my little book here. Over tired and over worked can actually leave him more restless...so don't overdo the 'tire him out' he prolly is tired, he isn't sleeping any better than you, he is just seeking his 'lovey' anbd hasn't worked out the self sleep yet.....