She won’t sleep... now what?
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Topic: She won’t sleep... now what?
Posted By: Maya
Subject: She won’t sleep... now what?
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 3:32pm
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My lovely little monster has decided that she can't sleep until its "dark", which of course is not till well after 8.30pm and her bed time is 7pm.
Over the past week she has been playing up every night, grizzling, crying, screaming, one night she even ripped half the wallpaper off her wall. I know her cast is probably giving her a bit of gyp but it started before then. The problem is that the late nights make her tired, so she falls asleep in the car on the way home from daycare at 5pm an even tho I wake her as soon as we get home, that 5-10mins sleep is enough to hype her up half the night. Then the next morning she is tired again, so it's a viscious cycle... Last night Willie ended up lying on her bed until she fell asleep (he fell asleep too lol). I want to just leave her an let her get on with it like I always have whenever we have had rough patches. She eventually gets the message after a few nights of grizzling and gives up. But this destruction (she also wrecked her venetian blinds) makes me soooo mad! Any suggestions? I don't know that there is anything I can do except ignore her, but I am soooo frustrated! -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
 (02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 3:37pm
Here's me with ALL my experience! LOL!  Would it help if she had blackout curtains or something so her room is really really dark?------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 3:40pm
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Arna went through this a few weeks ago and we put the "black-out" curtains up. Sounds like she has blinds so what I would suggest is to get some fabric (black / black out) and put it up behind her blinds so her room is dark... Hope you get the gist of that.
I have also noticed if Arna falls asleep in the car and I leave her in there to sleep with the windows open (I usually just sit outside until she wakes up) when she does wake up she is still in her "normal" bed time routine and if I wake her up she does the opposite and stays up half the night... Yesterday I woke her up and she was up until 10pm 
So those are things that work with Arna... They might work on Maya... GOOD LUCK EMMA!!  ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 3:55pm
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Hmmmm, you ladies might be on to something! My parents are giving her a 'room makeover' for xmas (her room is quite babyish with farm animals etc. so we are going to do the whole Fairy theme), and I was going to take down the blinds and put up curtains. So maybe I'll do that now rather than waiting and put some blackout backing on them.
Thanks for your replies  ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 4:00pm
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That's alright Emma, when you have done the makeover and she is still playing up (hopefully she isn't) then ask her why she doesn't want to go to bed until its dark. Sometimes there is psycological issues like "Monster in the closet" etc...
------------- http://www.snugglepie.com">
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 4:05pm
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Short term, if you don't want to spoil the makeover, you could always hang a blanket over her window. We did with Kiya last summer - worked fine! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 4:20pm
Not so much spoiling the makeover, more like wanting the grandparents to foot the bill 
Here is Maya's take on monsters in the closet Lena, she makes me laugh... http://www.ohbaby.co.nz/default.asp?categoryID=8&subcategoryID=114&pageID=212 - http://www.ohbaby.co.nz/default.asp?categoryID=8&subcategoryID=114&pageID=212 ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: daikini
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 4:26pm
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That's so cute!
Kiya has a number of imaginary friends at the moment, they live in her room with her (Dora sleeps in Kiya's bed, Boots on the top bunk and Swiper in the top of the wardrobe!) It seems to be whatever her current favourite is, is who her "friends" are! ------------- Becca, mum of 2 girls & 3 boys |
Posted By: lenabeanz
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 4:49pm
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I remember that!! Quite amazing how a child's mind works. ------------- http://www.snugglepie.com">
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 22 November 2005 at 8:37pm
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Emma,Spotlight have heaps of cool curtains which u can get with ior without the blackout added(and i think they aslo do thermal lined ones to which is good over winter) Ohhh I no about wallpaper grrrrrrrrrrr,Xander sneakily ripped the stuff off the walls in the sunroom and drawn on the lounge walls.I am just so lucky that the previous tenants left the remaining wallpaper behind so Naths dad will repaper where it needs to phew! ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com"> 
Angel Baby 10/07/09 (10wks4days) |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 23 November 2005 at 8:37am
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I'm soooo lucky that the landlord has already arranged to paint the whole interior of the house, so they're not too bothered about the missing wallpaper. But I was sooooo mad! And it was the night before she went to have her surgery so I didn't feel I could really growl her. But I was trying not to laugh at the same time coz it was kinda funny.
My car's going to the garage tomorrow which is right next to spotlight, so will check out their curtains while I'm there. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: Bizzy
Date Posted: 23 November 2005 at 9:40am
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we have wallpaper missing all over the house. i stupidly thought the kitchen could do with a makeover so started stripping the wallpaper only gabriel saw me do it, now we have a small patch in the lounge, dining room and large patch missing behind his bedroom door. luckily the only place he has drawn wall wise is the patch in the kitchen i havent finished stripping. ------------- http://www.myfitnesspal.com/weight-loss-ticker"> 
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Posted By: Xander&Harmony
Date Posted: 23 November 2005 at 11:06am
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arent children just sooooooo"helpful" ------------- BECS http://www.sparklee.com">
Angel Baby 10/07/09 (10wks4days) |
Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 23 November 2005 at 2:11pm
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LOL Deb, good to know Maya's not the only destroyer - makes me feel a bit better about Maya wrecking your nets!
------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
(02/01/06)
The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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