Tiredness & Tantrums

BellaNightshade · #1 08-29-2009, 07:11 PM

Anyone elses kids finding it harder to sleep when the nights are lighter? My daughter seems to be sleeping less and getting more and more grumpy because of it, she had complete temper tantrum, screaming and shouting the other day, it was like having a teenager in the house and she's only 6!! Arghhh

claribel · #2 08-29-2009, 07:31 PM

yeah takes ages for erin to go to sleep. winters much better for settling them down i reckon, and theres more chance of a lie in!! x

CoNFuSeD24 · #3 08-29-2009, 08:53 PM

Mileena always goes too bed around the same time every night without drama's which is around 8-9pm. (Touchwood) But for some reason for the last few night's she been waking at around 3-4am and then takes a while to get back to sleep and then wakes around 7-8am. She has one nap after lunch in the day for an hour... but she has been so grumpy over the last few day's. Come 5ish and she is a nightmear. lol

stacy_elise · #4 08-29-2009, 10:26 PM

no probs with elise, she always goes 2 bed at 7- 7.30 she is waking slightly earlier tells me well its light so its morning, lol.

i have a blackout blind in her room so it does help. makes it more cosy aswell.

dalina ave u thought maybe she mite not need the nap no more, jus a suggestion, but that cud b why shes wakin during night. or could easy jus b a phase. x x x

claribel · #5 08-29-2009, 10:48 PM

yeah erin did that so now she has a nap before dinner n shes loads better, altho she is really tired 4 bed. she has a bath at 6 n is in bed by 7, goes no problem. she plays in her cot for a bit with it bein light nights (got a blackout blind but it doesnt block ALL the light out lol) n wakes up about 7-8. last winter she used to sleep in till 9-10am haha those were the days! x

claribel · #6 08-29-2009, 10:51 PM

....oh and sometimes she doesnt bother with naps at all

x

CoNFuSeD24 · #7 08-30-2009, 12:02 PM

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Originally Posted by stacy_elise

no probs with elise, she always goes 2 bed at 7- 7.30 she is waking slightly earlier tells me well its light so its morning, lol.

i have a blackout blind in her room so it does help. makes it more cosy aswell.

dalina ave u thought maybe she mite not need the nap no more, jus a suggestion, but that cud b why shes wakin during night. or could easy jus b a phase. x x x

I have thought that but she falls asleep for that nap... So not really sure what to do to keep her awake. Well last night Mileena woke at 2 look for her dummy and she fell back asleep and I didnt hear her until after 7 this morning... so hopefuly the same tonight... hehe

claribel · #8 08-30-2009, 07:35 PM

i just play with her 2 keep her awake n if she dozes off jst wake her up n shout her name or summit (obv not like shes gettin wrong lol) fingers crossed about tonite x

CoNFuSeD24 · #9 08-30-2009, 08:51 PM

Awww I know. Its hard sometimes to play with Mileena coz ya play with her and she just walks away and plays on her own and then other times when I watching telly or on the lappy she comes up with toys for me to play with her. lol Before I started laughing at the tv and she looked at me funny then started laughing too. And when I would stop Mileena would too and then when I would laugh again she would as well... was quite funny. She such a copy cat tho. I closed the door with my foot so she went along and tapped the door with her foot and waked away. lol

claribel · #10 08-31-2009, 08:25 AM

hahaha yeah they get loads of wierd little characteristics. i think they're so much better once they turn 1, i love it now. not that i didnt before, u can just do more n they get a proper little personality i think anyway. i was laughing at erin the other day cos she was naked running about the house before her bath shouting MEOW MEOW! and spinning round haha. i was like wtf r ya doin?!