the kid who never sleeps.....
@crazzydolphin (3636)
United States
March 6, 2012 12:06am CST
my 4 year old HATES to sleep. sometimes i can not get her to sleep until 2-3 in the morning and it has been later other times. every once in a while i can get her to sleep on time and at a decent hour but that is very rare and few and far between. does ne 1 have any ideas on how to make this easier?? it makes me feel so exhausted all the time beacuse i barely sleep as it is and i stay bust 100% of the time. i use to think she had her days and nights mixed up but now i c that she is able to go to bed at 2-3 in the morning and b up by 7-8 in the morning and she will ahve all kinds of energy like she just got all the sleep she needed. sometimes i think this is why she is so mean to her sister and she is very ill a lot of the time. if this is the problem i have got to find a way to fix this and make things better....
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@JDaw2006 (428)
• United States
6 Mar 12
I use to use the magic milk solution. That is just chocolate milk. My children loved it cause bed time was the only time that they got it. They would always beg me to give it to them all the time. Also if that don't work try giving them a warm bath and then giving them the magic milk. But I have also heard that if you warm the milk up a little bit and give it to them. I my self have never tried this have heard that it works well.
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@kcwheeler (23)
• Canada
6 Mar 12
I dont know if a sugary drink before bed is the right solution, but I think they just developed a chocolate milk with no sugar added, so that could work.
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@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
6 Mar 12
i started the "magic milk" and it did work very well there for a while then she started drinking it and wanting more and of course i didnt want to give her more sugar lol.
the magic milk will work if u just put a few drops in the the milk enough so they can taste it you dont actually lather it with the chocolate so it shouldnt hiper them up to much.
i stopped this after she just wanted to stay up and get more milk. i have heard about just warming up the milk and i havent tried that because her daddy i think tried it once and she told him the milk was nasty....
may b i will look into the chocolate milk with no sugar may b it is time i try the "magic milk" again :)
@kcwheeler (23)
• Canada
6 Mar 12
I think you need to find ways to drain her energy. I know that there are lots of children groups that run activities at local schools and rec centers. Also, group together with other parents and everyone takes one day to take the kids to the park, playground, etc.
You must be getting really exhausted!
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
6 Mar 12
it does seem that every time we have a lot to do in 1 day she goes to bed earlier than the days we have been at home. when i say early i mean like 11 or 12 (thats early for her lol) the psrk idea is a great idea i just dont always have the time. now that summer is coming i am planning on working with her to ride her bike she got for chirstmas better and i am sure once she gets the hang of it she will want to ride it all the time and i am sure that will drain her energy. its pretty bad i use to take her out at 10:00 at night and just let her run and run and run some more just so she would be easier to put to bed. May b i could go back to that but do it way earlier than that may b right after dinner (that way we still have baths and she has some time to have fun).
yes i am very exhausted because on the nights i am not home i am up just as late if not later and up about the same time. for some reason when i am not home she will go to bed for husband early...i asked him how he does it and he says he just tells her to and gets on to her a lot and she goes to bed.
i feel i am doing something wrong....
@shylade (3132)
• Philippines
6 Mar 12
is she taking too much of high calorie foods? they said do not feed children high calorie foods or drinks before heading to bed because that will give them much energy. also, did you try to turn off the light and play soft music? did she sleeps or take a nap during daytime?
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@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
6 Mar 12
havent readlly payed attention to what we give her before she goes to bed but we try to do dinner at a decent hour then we do baths and sometimes a snack of fruit but other times se is given a cookie or chips or something quick as a snack. the problem here is she wants to eat and eat and eat and you know she cant actually be hungry all the time....she is scared of the dark (when its convienant) so she has to have the lights on (cant use a night light because she unscrewed the light bulb one time and broke it). as for the soft music no i hadnt tried that but she HAD a tv in her room and now that has been takin out but she rarely sleeps in her room unless after she is asleep you move her there. idk what it is but her sister sleeps in their room and she will go to bed like she is suppose to for the most part. Also there is a few times that she will take a nap but i try to make sure she doesnt get one for this reason.it doesnt seemt to make a differance if she had a nap or not rather she goes to bed at night.
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
19 Mar 12
My 3 year old daughter is the same way! She does not want to go to sleep before 1 am!
We take her now to parks and her cousins house to play outside to drain her energy completely. When she is completely drained she will sleep at 11pm which is better. We have completely stopped naps with her too because if she sleeps for an hour she will not sleep at night.
I am glad we get her energy out more now so she goes to sleep a little earlier...
@crazzydolphin (3636)
• United States
19 Mar 12
i am thinking that is what i need to do. we went camping this weekend andshe didnt want to go to sleep but it was about 12:00 when she layed down. this sould have been because we were outside lol but it wasnt to bad. when we got home she took a nap then went to her grandmas and was ready to go to bed when she got home. i am not there but it made for an easy night for my husband lol.
it does seem that if we have a busy day she will go to bed a little earlier and i guess even a little is better than what she has been doing but i have got to ge her going to bed earlier some how she may be starting school this up coming year.
have you tried anything else? just curious if yiou had any more ideas. i do like this idea and i think i am going to designate a certain time where we do a lot of things to drain her energey may be right before dinner so after dinner we can do baths and possibly start with the bed time lol. anything would be better than this lol even if its not but 30 min to an hour earlier than what she does now lol
