Monday, March 23, 2009
Sleep Issues: Chapter 5,146
I don't know what's going on. Dori has been refusing to fall asleep until 9pm or later, then still waking by 5am. We have tried everything. My mom put him to bed Saturday night and had some success in keeping him in bed. She just kept telling him "Go back to bed, Dorian." When James and I do that, he giggles, thinks it's play-time. But if we shut the door to his room, he'll never end up back in bed. He just ends up playing with his toys. Or crying. It took my mom 8 times of doing that Saturday night and he eventually fell asleep. And then slept in his bed for 9 hours before joining us in ours. We thought, "GREAT!!!!" Mom said she'd help us out this week to try to resolve the issues. So last night, she came down and did the same thing. Took about 15 times, then we thought he was asleep. She went back upstairs. Literally 2 minutes after she left, he came running out. He KNOWS. He has us all figured out. Naps are completely off too. Dori went to my friend Kate's nursery last week while James in Las Vegas and she got him to take 3 naps, 3 days in a row for 2-3hours each day! She said it wasn't even challenging to get him down. Amazing. James got a good nap out of him the day after too (and he fell asleep on his own without crying). We thought we'd beaten it. But then Friday, Saturday and Sunday were complete losses in regards to naps. He's not teething. He has a little cold but nothing major. He's pretty darn happy when he's awake. Not too many temper tantrums lately. Why, oh why, can't we resolve this??????????????????????
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You know, I was having the same problem with my 18 month old a couple of months back and my friend told me about this thing called the Sleep Sheep. I can't remember who makes it, but it's basically a stuffed toy that makes soothing sounds. My little babe falls asleep pretty quickly and stays asleep longer than before. It's great. You might want to look into it.
Oh yeah...kids know more than the adults in their lives give them credit for. And they WILL take advantage of anything they can.
My nephew Quentan is about six months older than Dorian and without a doubt he is the one that runs things at my brother's house. lol
At his and Dorian's age, it's all about testing their boundaries and finding out what they can get away with. With Mom and Dad it's one set of rules, another with Grandma, another with Mom and Dad's friends...
I don't think it ever really ends. I'm in a constant battle with Brendan over his homework. I can sit with him for hours and play cop and he WILL NOT get it done. He stares off in to space, doodles, whatever. But if he goes to his Dad's, he apparently sits right down and gets it done without any problems. It's maddening to say the very least.
Dang kids...no matter what you do, they'll find something new to drive you crazy with.
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