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| What am I to do my daughter is four and will be starting school soon but I am not able to get her to bed at a reasonable time. She really has a hard time winding down,it doesnt matter if we give her a nap don't give her a nap,take her out to play with friends or to the park all day.We put her to bed at 8:00 and she doesn't fall asleep until around 1:00am.During this time she is constantly up asking for snacks I try not to give her anything with sugar but sometimes I wonder if I am adding to the reason she's not getting to sleep earlier.Should I deny the snack?She's not a big eater so I feel like maybe she can't sleep because her tummy is hungry.What's a mom to do? |
| Posted by Darci on 02/22/2008 10:20 PM
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What time does your daugher get up in the morning if she goes to bed at 1AM? My eldest daughter didn't like to go to bed early and I was in aww when I would hear from others that there children were in bed by 7:30PM. Since both my husband and I worked when she was little we didn't get home until 6:45PM so there was no way she could be asleep early as we were just having dinner and winding down from our day.
When she was 4 I became a SAHM and even still she would stay up later than I thought she should. Granted my husband and I were enjoyed staying up late and sleeping in as well. Is it possible to not put her down at 8PM and wait a little longer. My daughter would get into bed with us to watch movies around 9 and than she would eventually fall asleep. Its not the best advice as when she started kindergarten I was worried she would not get up but she had afternoon kindergarten so we didn't need to get up early and when she was in 1st grade I thought she would never get up but she did and now she does go to bed earlier but not too early its still anywhere from 830-930. I guess kids know what they need as for sleep since it seems she is fine but now she reads to her sister and dad before bed - she doesn't watch tv at night. |
| posted by MK on 02/23/2008 09:51 AM
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| I understand what you are going trhough. I have a 5 yr old that was having the same problem. We would try and try and try to get him to bed early, we turned off lights, unpluged TVs, even gave him baths in lavander and nothing seem to work. I talked to my mom about it and she said that a teacher where she works at was having the same problem. The teacher asked her pedi. and they told her to give the child Melatonin (which is a sleep aid and it is all natural). I know what most moms are thinking cause I thought it also. He is only 5 he should not be taking sleeping med., but I was at my wits end on this. So I went to our CVS and asked about it and they said that it would not hurt him. That there were no added drugs in it. Wanting to make sure it was ok asked our pedi. and he said half would be ok. Anyways so we give Sabian half when he seems really wound up and does not go to bed, but we dont give it to him every night cause for the past couple of weeks he has been going to bed by himself. I know I went on and on about this but it worked for me. Its just a suggestion. |
| posted by Jessica on 02/23/2008 10:55 AM
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| my daughter sleeps until about 9:30 but sometimes I will try to wake her up at 7:00 when we get up,this doesn't really help her get to bed any earlier it just seems to make her more grumpy throughout the day.We have let her crawl into bed with us and watch TV and she does seem to fall asleep a litter bit earlier but then when I try to put her in her own bed she doesn't want me to.I guess she will get the sleep that she needs I just worry. |
| posted by Darci on 02/23/2008 06:09 PM
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