7 year old still not asleep!

I think my 9 year old may have just fallen asleep 🤞

My 6 year old finally went to sleep about 10 mins ago. ☹️

He'll probably never drink bud again. You've done him a favour

Mine too, and she's usually an excellent sleeper. We are at my Mum's and in the same room, and she's convinced that she can't sleep unless I'm in bed, which is going to make stocking filling a bit tricky...

Eldest ( now 31) decided at quite a young age that the best way for Christmas to come was an early night! We were often sat downstairs by 7pm and all was quiet. DS2 followed his example.

That's the beauty of having teenagers. Im in bed and teens are down stairs playing on the ps5. They will give me a lie in as well

Yep. We are on holiday so they wound up Mr 8 in the holiday club and then We came home to find he was utterly bouncing! So so hopeful he will go off soon as Mr 11 really wants to do Santa duties with us, but he is shattered.

Success! After yet another toilet trip at 10 past 10, I brought out the big guns. A further bedtime story (eyes shut strictly no fidgeting) and settled down to a slow reading of Paddington at Christmas. He actually fell asleep!

So then on with Paddington on the Tonie to provide cover and out onto the landing to fill the stocking. DH was under strict instructions not to allow DS out of the room if he woke.

But although he rolled over, he still seems asleep now I'm back. I can't believe after last year I'm done by 11pm! I'm off to try and sleep myself now. Good luck everyone and Merry Christmas

Is it bad that i’ve allowed free flow of bud for my 16yr old this eve?… he went to bed at half 9 funnily enougj!

3 of them still so excited. Chattering in their bedroom. Hopefully soon they will go off soon put on the ccbc night music 🤣

Our worst one was when DC1 was 6. He finally fell asleep at 4.30am, only for DC2 to wake up at 5am, having slept all night, full of beans, and went straight in to wake DC1 up. We were hosting the entire family and by the time everyone left DH and I had been awake for nearly 40 hours.

A bit of Baileys will sort that. With the added bonus that he'll be wanting a lie in tomorrow morning.

Top tip from an experienced parent: set the precedent very early on that stockings are to be found in the morning downstairs/ in the living room, or at best on the landing outside children's bedrooms. It will save you a lot of anxious tiptoeing around late at night, hardly daring to breathe in case you wake them up (If they're not already still awake, that is).

Been trying to get my 7 year old to sleep for an hour and a half... That hasn't worked (doesn't help that one of our cats keeps jumping on his bed. Shut him out of the room now though!)

So I've put ASMR on for him to hopefully help him settle. He's never been this excited for Christmas before so I'm not too bothered by it 😅

i’m debating bed and getting up about 5am to do presents. Oldest is 15 & in bed younger are 11 but one still “believes” (think just doesn’t want to admit it out loud) so last year of santa for us i think but i’m so tired! They’ll all been up for toilet etc & everything is in the garage!

Ah I miss all of this

Go to bed, set an alarm for some ungodly hour. They're more likely to settle if they know you've gone to bed. Mostly.

I used to give him muscle soak radox baths. That shit drains you of energy.

I've got the worda to go the fuck toxsleep on a loop in my head. I am so ready to sleep and yet they do not. I need to get the presents downstairs and can't risk doing it in the morning as god knows how early they will be up. Ds is reciting astronaut names next to me as he is too excited to sleep.

Oh man, I hear you. The battle to stay awake while the kids refuse to sleep is real.

Surely you dont wait for your teenagers to go to sleep before putting presents out?? That's bonkers

13yo gone to bed, 7yo fast asleep but 11yo is here for the duration!!

Tempted to go to bed and set an alarm for 4am and do the presents then.

I find the teenage yrs less stressful. There’s no sneaking about and making things magical.

My 2 year old went down at 6, basically had a 3 hour power nap and now she probably won't settle til past midnight. She doesn't understand though, she's always been a pain for sleeping.

I’ve just started watching elf with my 12yr old as I’ve admitted defeat before even attempting bedtime! Looking at at least
midnight before bed!

Funnily. My 16yr old went to bed about half an hr ago

Oh my god wait til you have teenagers 😭

They won’t be asleep until probably about 1am…I am ready for this day to be done.

9yr old DS still up and tossing about in bed. Tonie box not done it's trick an hour in. We're at my PILs. Main presents all safely set up downstairs but the stocking still needs doing. DH and I in bed in the same room as him trying to stay awake!! Didn’t manage to put it out until 2:30am last year! I fear I'm going to have to pretend to be asleep rather than scrolling Mumsnet.... But then I have to make sure I don't actually go to sleep.....