will your children wake up at night ? how often ? do you tired with this?

China
May 20, 2007 10:23pm CST
will your children wake up at night ? and if this happened often ? if this happened very often , will you tired of this ? I am not a mother now,but I have to look after my little sister now. she is close to 4 years old and she have the same bed room with me now. she always wake up at night and cry or go to lavatory. so I have to wake up several times ,too. I am so tired of this. what about you? do you have this kind of experience ?
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@deesamps (653)
• United States
21 May 07
No I don't. I am so lucky. My son started sleeping through the night when he was only 8 weeks old. My daughter started sleeping through the night at 13 weeks old. The only time that they wake up is if they are sick. So I count myself pretty lucky in that regard!
• Philippines
21 May 07
you are really very lucky. you must have some secrets there to have achieved it. this is uncommon among children not to be waking up at nights. other mothers even go to so much trouble just to make the children comfortable, so they can have hours of uninterrupted sleep.
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• China
23 May 07
you are really very lucky. I hope I can have the same lucky with you.
@wdiong (1815)
• Singapore
21 May 07
My son who is two years old has not been able to sleep through the night ever since he was born unlike my eldest daughter who was able to when she was 2 moths old. Initially it wss really tiring having my sleep disrupted every single night. But now I have kind of gotten used to it and anyway, nowadays , my son has been able to sleep through some of the nights. I am praying real hard that he will soon be able to make it a daily kind of thing:)
• China
23 May 07
ok, hope you can do that.
• India
21 May 07
i have no experience like this because i dont have any children and also dont have any small brother, so still i am not tired from children, enjoy the mylot and have a nice day.
@lillake (1630)
• United States
21 May 07
I'm sorry that she wakes you often. My oldest does sleep through most of the night, he wakes once to go to the toliet but that is usually before i am in bed so it doesn't wake me. My youngest wakes often, but he sleeps with me in my bed so I rarely wake for more than a second or two. He generally only wakes to eat then falls back asleep. I wish I had advice for you, sorry.
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• China
23 May 07
oh, it is bad thing. hope you can have enough rest. good luck
• India
21 May 07
hey sally ur problem is same as mine. i too have a sister of 3 and 1/2. the worst thing is that she loves me so much that she cant stop crying it i am not with him. its not that i dont love her but i dont think i am the right man to take care of her. she is too naughty to handle. when i have to go out she will not leave me, i have to wait till she goes to sleep. but that night she will not allow me to sleep. she will be playing with me. i dont like to beat her but if she is too much naughty i will not speak to her an eventually she will fall asleep.
• China
23 May 07
oh, what should we do. hope both of us have a good luck
• China
21 May 07
I am a youngth mother.My son just ten months.So he must wake up every night.It's very normal.He wakes up for hungry ,thirsty,or urine wet quilt ,painful and some others.I am tired of this.But i really love to do anything for my little son.Therefore i'm happy indeed.It's a trouble you're not a mother.But i believe you love your sister.If you can't change something.To accept it.Tell your little sister you are tired about always waking up in the night.Let her drink less water will be better.And as far as i know four years child should sleep in the whole night.May you happy.
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• China
23 May 07
ok, I see, when I get my own child, I will really understand the feelings.
• United States
21 May 07
My youngest is almost 5 and he still wakes up at least 5 nights a week. I went through the same thing with my 1st born. I think God forgot to give them the sleep gene. LOL It gets frustrating, that's for sure. What makes it worse is I've gotten into a habit of waking through the night with my oldest son, so I've only had a few good nights of sleep in the last 20 years. It's no wonder I feel like I'm dragging all the time. I get tired of it too. I wish you luck that she starts sleeping all night.
• Philippines
21 May 07
it is common for children to be awakened sometime in the deep of the night. so she will not wake you up anymore to accompany her to the bathroom when she feels the need to urinate, just keep the lights on leading to the bathroom. then you can ask her to go there on her own next time. a four year old is already capable of doing this on her own. my kids no longer woke me up when they are three years old. they have a good idea already of how to do it right on their own.
• China
23 May 07
thank you for advice
• United States
21 May 07
Just lately my daughter has been waking at night. About 3:00 am. It has been hard to get up and put her back in her bed. She is only 2 so things like this are going to happen now and again but lately it has been a few times a week. We went through it with our son too so we are assuming if we just put her back in bed it will fix its self. Here is to hoping.
@Caila611 (992)
• United States
21 May 07
My kids do not wake up in the middle of the night unless they are sick. My oldest has nose bleeds and will wake up to clean off her face and clean up the sheets. But my youngest two only wake up if they have diaper rash or they are sick. I don't know what's I would do if they woke up often.
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• Philippines
22 May 07
I have a 2 month old baby,yes,baby do wake up whatever and whenever they like.At first i find it very hard to adjust especially when i have to go back to work.I really had a hard time waking up from time to time just to watch over my baby and feed her.But then i have to do it.until i find it as a routine for me to do those stuff.Though its pretty hard especially i have a mid shift at work,but still i'm trying to adjust all those.at least for now im adjusting little by little.but i must admit its really pretty hard to wake up in the middle of your deep sleep because its too difficult and hard because you will have to watch them with a sleepy eyes that almost sometimes that we dont know that you already doing something that you didnt aware that your doing it , because your are very sleepy thats why you tend to forget that you are doing something.I almost gave up,but its part of motherhood.but as i watch my baby smiling at me all those sleepy and tired moments are gone.i love taking care of my baby.
• China
23 May 07
ok, you are a good mother, I think I will learn from you when I become a mother.
• Philippines
21 May 07
Yes, every other nights! Thats is very normal to mothers like me... these things happens when my children are very tired from a full day of play. If they are very active during the daytime, by night I'm pretty sure they are going to be noisy even if they are asleep. These is so because they are very tired from there playing during daytime so their excess energy are pass to their dreams... Don't worry you'll get used to these night time ramblings. To avoid these, don't let your child over play during daytime. Let them take a nap in the midmorning or mid afternoon so they wouldn't be so tired in the evening.
@devrajrao (167)
• India
21 May 07
I dont have that type of experience yet because i am still single and living in hostel and i dont have any kid around me. if she use to wake up every night it may be that she need to go to lavatory or it may be that she having any pain or anyother symptom i think she need a doctor visit.
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• Philippines
21 May 07
yup. coz i have my daughter she's turnin 2 yrs old. but i dnt get tired i love taking care of her. i love watchin her slyp. if only i'll be awake for 24 hrs just to watch her and play with her i'll be glad.
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@carolscash (9492)
• United States
22 May 07
Neither one of my kids ever slept all night long until they were five or six years old. Right now,I have a 10 year old who will stay up all night long if you let her and she only sleeps about 3-4 hours even if she stays up all night. My other one would sleep 16 hours a day if she could. Isn't it funny how kids can be so different when they are taught the same?
@Inky261 (2520)
• Germany
21 May 07
I live in a duplex. The family next door has the childrens bedroom next to my bedroom wall and every night that stupid toddler woke up at 2 o clock in the morning and screemed like hell. Every night for more than a year that brat woke me up. I asked the mother if he was sick or if she couldn`t stop the screeming. No, he wasn`t sick he just lost his pacifier every night at the same time. I can`t help it. I dislike that kid.