Yes, Isabella will scream "MOMMY, I want you to cover me! PLEASE COVER ME!!" It is harder for me to ignore that than just regular crying. Then last night she started yelling she needed a tissue b/c all the crying made her nose run, etc, etc. Argh. Once she settles down/gets to sleep she is fine, but this nonsense is so annoying. She goes to bed at 9pm and wakes up sometime between 7:30-8:30.
My DS refuses to have any blankets/pillows/toys in his bed so we don't have to deal with that. But we have been dealing with a lot of night wakings. I think he's having nightmares because he just starts screaming. He refuses to go back in his bed so I take him in the guest bed with me but it takes over am hour for him to fall back asleep and then he still wakes at 6:30.
When mine start the yelling/screaming I'll say "What's that sound???" and look all over -it usually stops them as they try to figure out with me what the noise was. They'll be quiet and then maybe remember the issue and start over and I'll stpo and ask again "what is that sound? Where is it coming from??" and look all over. It's really funny and they usually end up dropping whatever issue they had!
Lately I just can.not stand the yelling-it's driving me insane!
The last time we had a sleep routine was when DS was the same age his sister is now! LOL Then he turned 16 months, she arrived and it's been hell ever since. I also think it's harder to set the routine because they don't have to get up for a daycare or school. And they know they get to be at home and if we let them...they stay in their pajamas all day (though that only happens maybe 2-3 times a week when I'm here now for summer because they are in so many activities, but when I'm gone during the school year it happens a lot more). So they pretty much take their nap whenever they are tired...and that depends on what time they wake up. DS has always been my late sleeper and can stay asleep until 9:30 (occasionally 10:30!) in the morning. This means he doesn't nap until like 3:30 (he's asleep now). And of course that results in waking up around 6:30 and not going to bed until 10 or 11 (and just because we put him in there doesn't mean he won't stay up yapping for another 30 or 45 minutes.) DD, on the other hand, never sleeps longer than 4-5 hour stretches...STILL! (See vent in irritation thread. ) So even if she goes to bed at 10:30 with her brother she is up no later than 3 am and then she'll be up again by 6:30ish which during the school year I'm walking out the door to work. So DH has to deal with her but now during summer I cringe at having to be up that early when DS will still sleep another few hours! (though sometimes that backfires because she was so loud that she will wake him up and they'll both be up at 6freakin30. But at least on those days it means an early nap for DS because he'll be worn out by lunchtime.) I will admit of course that she takes a bottle and goes right back to bed. So it's like 20 minutes from diaper change 'til she's done drinking and knocked out again. But it drives me insane because I'm like...if she's clearly tired enough to fall right back out then why can't she just STAY asleep? She can't be that hungry for a bottle! I've gone pretty much batty thinking of ways to keep her asleep.
As for covers...DS doesn't mind them at all, but by morning they are usually bunched up on the side of the bed or down at his feet from him tossing and turning. (I typically recover him when I go in there for DD's 2 or 3 am wake-up call.) DD...no covers. She's my hot girl...we used to let her sleep in just a diaper until like 6 months old because she would sweat in clothing. She is still pretty quick to sweat (so we keep her in fairly light pajamas)...and my DH thinks she wakes up quicker if she's covered. So although I do cover her occasionally with one of those light blankets we brought her home from the hospital with (like if the a/c is really blowing in their room and it feels cool) I leave her uncovered more often than not.
Last edited by pocahontas; 08-06-2012 at 03:44 PM.
At 24w 4d my little boy...became an angel 11/7/07 Rainbow baby arrived 12/6/09! Added a dash of PINK 4/9/11
Austin will kick all his covers off and sleeps in PJ shorts & short sleeved shirt. Last night he slept with me and I covered him up at one point, then realized he didn't need to be since his legs & feet were toasty warm -he promptly kicked the covers back off.
Poca You poor thing!! Really even though you are home with them, I'd try to establish set bed time & nap times somehow so that they will go to bed at night! It sounds like you never get to go to bed at a regular time with all that stuff going on! Does your DD just take 1 nap a day now? (Isn't amazing how fast you forget this sort of stuff?) I can't really talk much sleep stuff since Austin didn't STTN for forever!
DH took the little ones to the playground and I have done absolutely nothing. I guess I should at least get some stuff together for daycare tomorrow & figure out what to have for dinner tomorrow nigtht!
diam Your post made me laugh because today I went down to visit my friend with my kids, and B kept sneaking upstairs to turn her jacuzzi tub on! Whenever I would catch him, he would laugh hysterically. He thinks he so funny. He also went around turning on/off lights, he played with the dishwasher and the washing machine, helped himself to an apple and a cookie when we weren't looking, etc, etc, etc.
Luckily, sleep goes well here. Although he's been awake a lot when I go in to check on him on my way to bed (usually around 10:00). But in a few weeks, his nap is going to be dramatically shortened (right now we wake him up at 5:00 if he's not already up, but my MIL is going to have to wake him up about 3:30 to get my older son off the bus), so we'll see if that helps at all.
Alegna: I know we've talked about this 100 times, but I still can't believe your kids go to bed that late!! Have you tried waking them up at 6 or 6:30am to get them on an earlier routine? It would actually be nice when we're out to have the kids go to bed later, but when we're home, mama needs her down time!
Everett goes to bed at 6:30 so going out is a challenge anyway!
Ella's bedtime routine is still pretty easy except that she does tend to become HYPER right before bed, which makes it very annoying to get her dressed. She's still in bed by 8pm at the latest, but I think it takes her 10-30 minutes to fall asleep. I'd like her in bed by 7:30, but I've found that she won't fall asleep before 8 anyway so I feel bad when we put her down at 7:15/7:30 because she just rolls around in her bed.
Austin totally bounces off the walls when he is over tired, so maybe Ella's just really tired.
I confess that I use TV to bribe them to get into bed. I'll let them watch TV for anywhere from 5 minutes to 30 minutes depending on what time they actually get in bed -I like to have it off by 8:30 at the latest. And yes, I have also heard that watching TV right before bed makes it harder to fall asleep, but I really think it helps Austin to wind down. Lots of times when I shut it off he's ready to roll over and go to sleep.
Do they know their numbers? Hailey knows that 8 o'clock is bedtime and I just have her look at a digital clock and if it says 8, she knows it's bed time. She can't argue with the clock, lol.
Mine know their numbers and Wyatt knows how to tell when it's bedtime on the regular clock, but I haven't told him how to read a digital clock. When I want them in bed early I set the round clock in our living room ahead -he never loods at a digital clock to see what time it is- it's great!! I'm purposely not teaching him about digital clocks so that I can still use that trick.
Then he turned 16 months, she arrived and it's been hell ever since. 
I also think it's harder to set the routine because they don't have to get up for a daycare or school. And they know they get to be at home and if we let them...they stay in their pajamas all day (though that only happens maybe 2-3 times a week when I'm here now for summer because they are in so many activities, but when I'm gone during the school year it happens a lot more). So they pretty much take their nap whenever they are tired...and that depends on what time they wake up. DS has always been my late sleeper and can stay asleep until 9:30 (occasionally 10:30!) in the morning. This means he doesn't nap until like 3:30 (he's asleep now). And of course that results in waking up around 6:30 and not going to bed until 10 or 11 (and just because we put him in there doesn't mean he won't stay up yapping for another 30 or 45 minutes.) DD, on the other hand, never sleeps longer than 4-5 hour stretches...STILL! (See vent in irritation thread. 
) So even if she goes to bed at 10:30 with her brother she is up no later than 3 am and then she'll be up again by 6:30ish which during the school year I'm walking out the door to work. So DH has to deal with her but now during summer I cringe at having to be up that early when DS will still sleep another few hours! (though sometimes that backfires because she was so loud that she will wake him up and they'll both be up at 6freakin30. But at least on those days it means an early nap for DS because he'll be worn out by lunchtime.) I will admit of course that she takes a bottle and goes right back to bed. So it's like 20 minutes from diaper change 'til she's done drinking and knocked out again. But it drives me insane because I'm like...if she's clearly tired enough to fall right back out then why can't she just STAY asleep? She can't be that hungry for a bottle! I've gone pretty much batty thinking of ways to keep her asleep.
Rainbow baby arrived 12/6/09!
He also went around turning on/off lights, he played with the dishwasher and the washing machine, helped himself to an apple and a cookie when we weren't looking, etc, etc, etc. 
