Getting them to go to sleep
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Topic: Getting them to go to sleep
Posted By: LouD
Subject: Getting them to go to sleep
Date Posted: 22 February 2010 at 9:26pm
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I have a 5yr old and no matter what we do we just cant get him to .go to sleep earlier. He goes to bed at 8pm now, but still even now at 920pm hes still making awake noises. More often than not he will be in his bed chatting to himself etc which is ok i suppose, but hes really difficult to wake in the morning some times and by the end of the week of late to bed and up for school he starts getting really overtired.......which of course creates a little monster
We try putting him to bed earlier and are always going up and making sure he is in bed and telling him to close his eyes and go to sleep...........but besides giving him something that knocks him out i dont know how we can physcially make him go to sleep. I have been giving him his dinner earlier also so his blood sugar levels had time to drop back down again by bed time............just not sure what if anything we can do to get to actually go to sleep |
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 22 February 2010 at 9:59pm
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when you figure it out let me know - gabriel is a bugger for going to sleep too... he was much better in winter so i am hoping it will change with the seasons... ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: FreeSpirit
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 12:10am
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Valium in a glass of milk at bedtime.
(Yes it's a bad taste joke - my BF is currently having similar issues with 8y.o. and we were brain storming today - this was the only thing that we thought might actually work to get her to sleep before 11pm)  ------------- http://www.babysfirstsite.com"> 
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 8:04am
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hmmm where to get hold of some valium!!! ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker">
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 10:32am
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LOL - ive heard phenergan works.......
Hes always been a bit of a night owl and if he didnt get overtired and unreasonable and evil in the evenings it wouldnt be such a drama but even about 530pm hes complaining about being really tired..........I wonder if i could put some relaxation music in his room and get him to listen out for the birds and water etc so hes concentrating on that and get his imagination to switch off...........I have that stuff on my ipod but not would rather have it going on a stereo that way he cant take earplugs out etc..........will try ipod first and see how i go |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 7:20pm
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Jack is really hard to get to sleep, he has real trouble switching off. We now play audio stories for him on a little MP3 player I got which is designed for kids, he can listen to Pooh, Cars or Nemo. I got the MP3 from Ezibuy but it like http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Hat-Toy-Company-Little/dp/B001GW9NEK - this one and I got the audio books from The Warehouse and loaded them on. It is great for getting him off to sleep ------------- Lindsey 
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Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 8:08pm
| Cool thanks..........will have to def try something like this, just need to find the money now.....my PPL has just ended and i dont want to get a job..... |
Posted By: myfullhouse
Date Posted: 23 February 2010 at 8:21pm
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I only got the MP3 player as they had them on a major special of $35! Wish I had bought more. You could try getting some audio books from the library or I think some radio stations have stories on a Sunday morning, or if you internet savvy you might be able to find some on line. ------------- Lindsey
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Posted By: rorylex
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 3:16pm
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i too am having problems getting my older 2 to sleep they are 4.5yrs and 3.5yrs.
the get really hyperactive at night which i know is them doing there best to fight sleep but they end up going to sleep very late and ds1 is also hard to wake in the mornings. im not one for routine but looks like if i want my evenings back to myself thats what im gonna have to do. i know when i was little i had problems settling to sleep straight away it felt like id lay there awake for ages b4 drifting off. i once stayed up late to watch a movie and i was forcing myself to watch the movie when i finally went to bed my head hit the pillow and i was out like a light from then on i didnt have problems getting to sleep. ------------- Mummy to 4 boys Samuel - 18.6.05 Rory - 15.7.06 Mason - 13.06.08 Emmett - 24.01.10 Baby #5 - cooking |
Posted By: LouD
Date Posted: 24 February 2010 at 8:59pm
I still have a tape player and i think the libraries might still have tapes.....but great idea to get something from there and copying it. I too have trouble sleeping sometimes.........i get insomnia, but mostly i get to sleep ok i just cant stay asleep cos my brain doesnt switch off...but lately i have had trouble getting to sleep if i dont go to bed by 1030pm.......if its any later than that and i seem to go into overdrive........ Speaking of which i must get to bed now |
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