Janessa asked:
Well not so much refuse, but like for instance – this morning my daughter got up at 3:30 a.m. and came to my room telling me her bed was cold could she sleep in mine? So I let her, then at 4 my husband took her back to bed. Then at 6:30 she was up again and stayed up the rest of the day. She didnt have a nap yesterday either so I know she was so exhausted. She had dark circles under her eyes all day. Does your child ever do this or have they ever? She has a couple times before, but she was like that as a baby as well… hated to sleep and screamed from the time she was tired til she couldnt fight it anymore.
Well not so much refuse, but like for instance – this morning my daughter got up at 3:30 a.m. and came to my room telling me her bed was cold could she sleep in mine? So I let her, then at 4 my husband took her back to bed. Then at 6:30 she was up again and stayed up the rest of the day. She didnt have a nap yesterday either so I know she was so exhausted. She had dark circles under her eyes all day. Does your child ever do this or have they ever? She has a couple times before, but she was like that as a baby as well… hated to sleep and screamed from the time she was tired til she couldnt fight it anymore.
Thanks for answers.
She is 4 years old by the way.
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Shes 4 years old….
She may be ready to give up her daytime nap if shes waking up in the night.
Maybe you could adjust her bed time by a half hour and eliminate her daytime nap.
My middle son use to do this all the time. He wanted attention and being able to sleep in our bed alone with us gave him the attention he wanted. I also noticed that he was getting up earlier so we started putting him to bed a little later and not allowing him to nap during the day.
This is what i would do:
1. Make sure she is warm and comfortable in bed: enough blankets, pillows etc
2. Get her a nightlight, if she doesn’t already have one, or maybe a lava lap/one of those spinning light things. Sometimes when kids wake up in the middle of the night in the dark, they get afraid. Having a light or something distracting would help. Also music.
3. Try putting her to bed about 30mins later than you are now. Bring her upstairs, read/relax with her for an extra 30 minutes and then shut the lights off.
4. When she comes into your room and then falls asleep, bring her back into her room.
5. Make sure she’s awake for the last 6hrs before she goes to sleep. So if she naps during the day and goes to bed at 8pm, she should be done with her nap by 2pm. Keep her naps to 20-30mins long.
6. Make sure she doesn’t go to bed on an empty stomach.
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It seems often if my 2.5 year old wakes before 4 am, I can get him back to sleep easily. After 4 am, he’s up for the day (ugh!). It’s almost as though he feels rested and has had enough sleep to get up and function. He has a GREAT nap that next day though or is in bed the next night early.
When this happens to me, I start to do my best at making certain he gets good sleep or it will be a terrible cycle, just how you’re saying she was so tired she’d fight to stay awake.
my 17mth old fights his sleep
I think you have to make a scheduale for her
7 pm bedtime and 1 pm naptime if she doesnt want to dont punish her just reward he when she does take nap
either you can wear her out during the day and dont let her sleep untill night time, or you can let her stay up all night then wake her up early in the morning. i did that with my daughter at four