Well, I think last night was better. I put DD to bed - and fell asleep next to her. DH put DS to bed and fell asleep on the floor next to him.... We woke up about 2 hrs later. Ooops.

Well, the fan and cooler weather has seemed to help but I do get the feeling that DS simply does not need much sleep. Sleep is for wimps!

hmmm.....my 2 seem to think sleep is for the weak! Hope its just a phase for you broguemum x

Last night he just wasn't tired which is why I got him up again but mostly he is tired. He lies there, yawning and yawning, settles himself down and then suddenly starts kicking his legs in the air or crawling backwards out of bed or trying to do somersaults (his latest trick).

He seems to want to fight off sleep just when he's about to go under. It's soooo frustrating 'cos I had to wake him up this morning at 07.30 hrs to go the creche.

When he drags himself out of sleep he wants company and he comes out of him room looking for us and disturbing his sister who is already asleep as often as not.

I'm just hoping that this phase passes soon and he does NOT turn out to be one of those children who doesn't need much sleep.

what does he do? Does he just mess about in his bedroom and play or does he want you? If it's the first, why not let him do it? He'll conk out on the floor sooner or later, then you just scoop him into bed.

You can't make someone who isn't tired go to sleep!

2 hours and 17 minutes...

This too shall pass.

My 9 month old is still awake as I type!!!!

OK - so 45 minutes sitting with him reading books did not work, an hour in the pushchair hasn't worked. The little demon is just not tired tonight. He had a nap during the day and he is now the duracell baby - he just keeps on going.... DH is giving it another go now. This is too late for a 19 month old to be going to bed isn't it??? Bear in mind we are an hour ahead of the UK.

thats great

ches - he's not in pain - it's not that sort of a problem. He simply drags himself back from the brink of sleep, gets up and starts running around. He treats it as a game or some sort of joke.

I think that the heat has been a huge part of the problem as it was a lot better last night when it was only 24 degrees rather than the 32 degrees it was the night before.

We're digging out a fan for his room to cool it down tonight as it looks like today is going to be real scorcher. But a 45 minute bedtime instead of the one, two or three hours we've been having was fantastic last night - we had an evening together for the first time in nearly a month!

If he's teething it's really unkind to do anything except medicate. It's easy to be distracted from the pain during the day, but at night and alone in the room lying in bed there's nothing to distract you from it.