Obviously I don't mean this, am not in favour of unnecessary drugging.
However, my 6 year old DS is impossible in the evenings and it breaks my heart. Following on from the 'all sleep issues are the parents fault thread' he has always been difficult to get to sleep and we have tried everything since the day he was born.
He finds it impossible to wind down, and the more tired he gets, the more frantic and irrational he becomes and the less sleep he gets.
He eats really well, we walk to and from school plus he has plenty of other physical activity.
His concentration is poor, and far far worse when he's tired and I worry that it will have more and more impact on his abilities at school.
Last night, he was exhausted. He becomes impossible to keep still, can't sit down for story - makes snorting noises, contorts face, thrashes legs about, kicks off covers. If I leave him to it, he gets up and starts emptying cupboards.
It is proper hyper active behaviour, although he is perfectly fine, bright and lovely when not tired (although always very energetic)
I eventually got him to go to sleep at about 8:15, but he was still up at 6, thrashing around, being fidgety and grumpy.
All of a sudden I just feel so sad about it, I don't like him when he is like this and I feel like I am letting him down.
I just wish I could do something to knock him out for 12 hours so he can reset himself and get back to his normal lovely self.
[sleep deprived and emotional cavat]
I am not actually going to drug him
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to want to sedate my child in the evenings!
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friendlysort · 13/10/2011 10:58
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