We do the bath earlier (right after dinner... someone is a messy eater). I'm thinking it is a phase, I just need to live with it (through it) and hopefully things will get better soon.
When ever Jaden takes a bath in the evening it wakes him up and super-charges him to play for another hour or more. I always see commercials for the Johnson and Johnson bedtime bath and lotion routine and i think to myself "yeah RIGHT!" haa
Yeah, same with Otto... that's part of the reason we do bathtime earlier. He loves to play in the bath and gets all cranked up and then runs around like a gibbering monkey when he gets out.
Augh, it wasn't until herself was about 3 1/2 that we got through most nights without some kind of melodrama, and it peaked when she was about 2-3 (though we relapsed when the baby came home). The first year we were in this house she was truly awful -- that was when we ended up putting a lock on the outside of her door, because she would get up and wander the house while we slept (and trashed the kitchen and her bedroom, one night. Milk everywhere.) That finally stopped the fighting about bedtime.
With the baby, I've been putting him down in his own room most nights...sometimes he pops up right away, sometimes he stays down until midnight or so. I'm hoping he'll be easier to transition over since I started him on his own younger, but truly, if he starts doing the kind of stuff she did, I'll go to the "it's bedtime, the door is closed, you can come out if you need to pee but not unless" routine MUCH faster.
Aiyiyi! I'm really hoping this is short-lived with Otto... it's starting to drive me nuts already. If he keeps it up for a while I don't know what I'm going to do (well, I'll deal with it, since that's what you do, but ugh).
Well, truly, although I felt hideously guilty about it, the "door's closed, we're done for tonight" regime has worked out pretty well. She's still allowed to read as late as she wants, but after about 8:30, her butt had better be in bed. It's much easier not to have to fight about it.
I felt pretty bad closing the door on him last night, but honestly, I was going to start yelling at him. Which is worse? He only fussed for a few seconds, and then did his thing and went to sleep.
I sometimes have the same problem with Jaden. I know that feeling when he seems almost asleep and I start thinking, after I put him down I'll wash dishes, do homework, watch a movie, etc. and then bing! he's awake. Wah wah wahhhh... We just play with him a lot to get some of that energy out and try to nurse every half hour or so. It's totally frustrating!! but eventually he gives in.
I need that time for myself in the evenings after jaden's asleep too, otherwise I start to feel anxious and antsy. I can never get my ass to bed before 12 or 1am, which sucks for the days I work because I have to be up at 4:45am, the butt crack of dawn.
Ugh, I literally cannot function on that little sleep. I used to be the type who needed 8 hours every single night (otherwise I would get sick all the time), but luckily I can survive on less now that I'm a mom (what mom gets 8+ hours a night?!?!?). But still, if I were to stay up till 1, I would be sleeping on my desk at work.
Sometimes I realize I'm spacing out staring at my computer monitor at work. Ugh. I think the lack of sleep makes me feel kind of "under the weather" but I still can't get myself to bed earlier. it's actually something I've been working on...
I feel the same way about my 365 project (and I kind of let it slide) so I feel your pain. However, your photos are consistently good, and though I never comment, I always stop and admire. I hope you stick it out to the end!
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With the baby, I've been putting him down in his own room most nights...sometimes he pops up right away, sometimes he stays down until midnight or so. I'm hoping he'll be easier to transition over since I started him on his own younger, but truly, if he starts doing the kind of stuff she did, I'll go to the "it's bedtime, the door is closed, you can come out if you need to pee but not unless" routine MUCH faster.
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I need that time for myself in the evenings after jaden's asleep too, otherwise I start to feel anxious and antsy. I can never get my ass to bed before 12 or 1am, which sucks for the days I work because I have to be up at 4:45am, the butt crack of dawn.
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