Comments | elayla: Why Won't She SLEEP!?!?!?!?!?

elayla

Why Won't She SLEEP!?!?!?!?!?

Mar 19, 2008 22:24

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odyssey_road March 20 2008, 03:39:36 UTC

My daughter fights sleep, too! I asked my pediatrician about it, and he said "some children just don't need much sleep." And I was all like "but *I* neeeed sleep! What about MEEEEE!" I stopped short of asking if there was any such thing as toddler Ambien and preschooler Lunesta :(

ordinary March 20 2008, 04:44:55 UTC

don't ask me. I'm an adult and I still do it.

Minus the troll stories anyway.

1koolspud March 20 2008, 12:16:43 UTC

can she read on her own yet? My mom and dad used to let me read as late as I wanted to. I eventually got sleepy enough to go to bed at a decent time, but it works in cycles, and sometimes I would wake mom and dad to ask what a word meant. It will at least keep her quiet.

crainefish March 20 2008, 12:45:42 UTC

Yeah, it cycled for me too. When I got old enough to turn off my own lights and had a new book (or was re-reading a favorite, which was frequently), lights out was 2AM. Be dead the next day and make up for it :-)

Sorry, Rach :-(

reading elayla March 20 2008, 13:25:19 UTC

yeah. So she only reads about fifteen words consistently. And we had to put a shelf in front of her light switch and move her night-light across the room or she was literally up past the time when I could stay awake scanning EVERY BOOK SHE OWNS for all the words she knows and reading them to the room at large. God help me when she reads enough to actually read entire stories.

magikmama March 20 2008, 15:18:14 UTC

Liam was pretty much the same way. He still is usually up talking ot himself until midnight or so.

Amazingly Charlie sleeps through it.

fuzzyscribble March 20 2008, 21:26:29 UTC

I had childhood insomnia. My mother has "told" me about it...oh...since I was about 10. Loudly sometimes. When you share a room with your mom...childhood insomnia becomes a big deal.

For some reason...the "magic cure" was eating dinner earlier. Don't know what it did...but we moved dinner from 7:30 to 6pm...and I was magically sleepy when I was put to bed at 8:30. There has to be some reason she's still alert that late at night...so maybe try a few things...more exercise...early dinner...evening snack...no evening snack. Something will eventually help.

Poor squirt...being tired sucks. :-(