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Preschooler bedtime help

austenfan919austenfan919 member
in August 2012 Moms

DD (who will be 3 next week...yikes) and DS share a room, and usually that's fine. They sleep through each other's normal noises. But last night, DD kept crying for us and getting out of bed, which woke DS up. We'd go in and calm her down, but DS kept screaming, which got her going again, etc, etc.

I told her if she got out of bed or made noise again, she'd sleep in the PNP in our room (where DS naps), and sure enough, she did. DS went back to sleep within minutes of the room being quiet. DD stayed up talking in the PNP for awhile. We offered her a chance to go back to bed and try again, but she wanted to stay in the PNP. So obviously, that is not an effective consequence.

She usually is good about bedtime, but I want to have some ideas at hand if it happens again. So WWYD to give her a consequence but keep things quiet for DS?

 

 

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Re: Preschooler bedtime help

  • Mrs. RohdeMrs. Rohde member
    Is she having nightmares? DD went through that as well and it's really hard to get upset with her when you know it's not her fault. Is she just being up because she wants to play? What do you normally do when she misbehaves? If this were us then I'd just put her in bed and let her cry it out, but my kids don't share a room so it's much easier for us. If they didn't share I guess I'd give her a timeout in our room so at least it'd be quiet for DS. Don't know how effective that would be though.
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  • sosophsosoph member
    What about moving the baby to the pnp if he'll sleep through the transition? If they both wake up and are keeping each other up, that's what we do.
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  • austenfan919austenfan919 member

    It wasn't nightmares because she hadn't fallen asleep yet. Bedtime was 8, and it was past 10:30 when she fell asleep. She does have a little cold, which I think was why she was cranky.

    We tried moving DS to the pnp first, but he would not go back to sleep there. It felt like I was punishing him for DD misbehaving.

    Maybe a timeout in our room would work...I certainly don't want her sleeping in our room to become a trend. I just don't want her to think she is winning because she doesn't have to sleep. But I guess we won't know until we try.

    Thanks for the thoughts, ladies!

     

     

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