Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Bedtime Shenanigans
Well you can tell Issie is feeling better when she is back to her bedtime shenanigans. Something bizaar happens at bedtime, it starts right after prayers and right around singing time. Issie gets some wild fire energy spurt that turns into a little baby hanging from the side of the bed upside down doing stunts well after both her brother and sister has fallen asleep. We do the back to bed thing from Super Nanny but she is so resistant and happy go lucky playful that it seems relatively ineffective to actually get her to go to sleep. It does get her back to bed though, but only for another round of bouncing or climbing or dancing with her stuffies. Thankfully Kadie has learned to ignore her (I have no idea how) and fall asleep in the midst of all the craziness. It is good that she is feeling better. I know this is a battle of the wills to some extent and possibly a night owl personality in the mix too. She is winning the will thing however.
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Oh man, bedtime struggles are a challenge - especially with a strong-willed child. We are struggling with Ellie from time-to-time when she decides that she wants to sleep in our room she pulls the "I'm scared of my room" card and becomes impossible to reason with - she just responds to nothing we try and she ends up "winning" by sleeping in our room or having one of us sleep with her in her bed -- it seems that these "flare-ups" inevetibally happen on nights when Bill and I have "other plans" for our evening and it is just very frustrating... if you get any great ideas, please share! Good to see you today - hope you made it out of Target for less then I did - ha!
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