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August 2011 Moms
ladybugpjb
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late night parties
ladybugpjb
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I PROMISE I read all of the posts about sleep, both here and on the toddler board. I'm sorry if this is repetition.
How do you deal with frustration when LO refuses to go to sleep?
I'll skip the details except to say that I was on my own last night and ended up being so frustrated that I felt physically ill. DS was very obviously tired, but after lying quietly for an hour or so, decided it was party time. Serious, happy-scream, giggle-fits, jump around the crib party time.
Nothing I could do would calm him down - he just laughed hysterically at all of my attempts. I ended up feeling physically ill because I was so frustrated. I STILL feel it this morning.
What do you do? Do you leave LO to party in the crib? Do you let LO out to burn off energy? How do YOU cope with frustration?
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Re: late night parties
Night time I wouldn't take out because that could raise issues with expecting to get out all the time. Maybe get him to burn off some energy before bed.
I used to get frustrated but then I realized there's no point and you can't make them sleep. I move on and hope the next day goes smoother.
I leave him in there just like Shan too. If it is bedtime or past I don't care until wake-up time unless he acutally seems to have a real problem and we have 2 hour naps. I have taken him out after a 1 hour nap, it was not fun, he needs that second hour. I either leave him or just go in lay him down, retieve any thrown pacis and say sshhhh every 1/2 hour. If it wasn't for the fact that his paci helps him sleep, I would go in even less.
Good luck and don't stress about it
If its nap time, and she refuses. I try to wait at least an hour before I go get her. She needs either a nap, or alone time to be a happy camper!
This has been a pretty regular occurrence around here lately. I have no idea what is going on with her! But exactly what you described, she'll be settling quietly - not sleeping - for 30 mins to an hour, and then suddenly turns into a crazy ball of energy that wants to play.
If she's already in her room, by herself, I leave her go unless she starts crying. It's 50/50 as to whether or not she gets herself into her bed and goes to sleep when she's ready.
If we're still in my room (I lay with her in my bed a lot of nights while she settles down and I get some rest time, too!), things are a lot tougher to handle. She starts asking for stories, snacks, milk, toys, and everything under the sun to put off going to bed. It definitely tries my patience when it's 11pm and she's still up and I'm dead tired.
I'm praying it's just a phase....one that is over and done with in less than a month, before the new baby will be here!
So...even if it's 2-3 hours past bedtime, you leave them alone?
I really don't think he's doing it for attention - he is really good at entertaining himself, enjoys playing by himself, and could care less if I come in or not.
I think the frustrating thing for me last night was when he started happy shrieking and it occurred to me that pretty soon there is going to be another baby in the house, there will be MANY nights I'm alone, and the thought of trying get a newborn back to sleep after being woken up by DS.
So....does it make sense that I was getting stressed out about the thought of FUTURE stress?
Yes. I could have written this. Like right now, she's upstairs crying because I told her that I can't sit with her for an hour because she's not ready to go to sleep. And I'm stressing because, really, in a month, I'm not going to be available to spend half the afternoon waiting around for her to settle down for bed.