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Freezing on the laaaaaanding!!

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fruityb · 06/11/2018 20:04

Feel like I should make a song... my son has decided after two years of going to bed like a legend (he’s two years and three months) that that’s not fun anymore and he’s going to make it difficult! He won’t walk up the stairs now - he prefers to be carried so he can thrash about a bit. Nor will he stay in bed - preferring to get out and scream on the landing. He also won’t go to sleep without someone being nearby or else we go back to the screaming on the landing.

Tonight I am stuck on the landing while he shuffles about in his bed - peeks at me (for closing the door leads to aforementioned screaming) and generally does everything barring go to sleep.

My feet are freezing and I’m
Dying for a wee. He is quiet as a mouse but I am being held hostage by a two year old terror!! Who also kept shouting “mummy don’t go” when stopped at his childminder this morning despite then never wanting to leave at pick up time!

Is this a slippery slope from now on? Does my floppy haired little dude become a complete tyrant who controls my life like a dictator forever? Will I ever get off this f*+@ing landing?

I am being peeked at yet he lays back down when told. I keep thinking he’s asleep only to hear him shuffling about again. One day I know I’ll struggle to get him out of bed - but for now I’d just settle for him going to sleep as he’s got eyes like pissholes in the snow!

Why do people do this more than once!! I raise my cup to you Brew

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LanguidLobster · 06/11/2018 20:15

Welcome to your landing world.

I hope he drops off to sleep soon!

fruityb · 06/11/2018 20:18

I’m free! An hour of waiting but he went off!

He didn’t speak to me, didn’t ask me for anything, didn’t get up. He just laid there and eventually went off!

I’m seriously considering dropping nap entirely as he’s an excitable lump at bedtime at the moment!

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Vanannabananna · 06/11/2018 20:32

My Ds went through this stage. Like yours had been a great go to bender before. Lasted 2 ish months I think. Was exhausted as was third trimester with dd.

We dropped his nap and he has gone back to being great at bedtime.

I kept a blanket and book in the landing!

Hope he stops it soon!

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Vanannabananna · 06/11/2018 20:32

Bender was meant to say beder!!

HeyMicky · 06/11/2018 20:34

Both of mine did this at exactly the same age.

The agreement we reached is that I would potter upstairs, folding laundry, taking make up off etc and even going up and down stairs a little, a little more noisily than usual, until they drifted off - I refused to sit still outside their room. They needed to know I was about, but seemed ok with not being present directly outside their door. Might be warmer than the landing!

RandomMess · 06/11/2018 20:34

Yeah the need for a nap is waning... ask CM to shorten his nap?

mineofuselessinformation · 06/11/2018 20:38

Get yourself a blanket - and a glass of wine! 🙂

Nicknamesalltaken · 06/11/2018 20:40

Your post made me smile Fruity 😄

I don’t know how much of my life I spent sat on the stair/floor/landing with my 4 DCs, but lovely to remember (maybe not the bit where I held the door of DS2s room shut just to contain him. He’s still rubbish at going to bed at 16 😂).

fruityb · 06/11/2018 20:58

I’m going to keep a book handy tomorrow - and yes grab a blanket! I might potter about if needed to see if that helps. He didn’t speak to me at all and didn’t really even bother with me but he really noticed if I moved or kept checking.

He’s funny and adorable when he’s like this but it’s also very annoying as I just want some time off in the day! I’m a teacher and have had to accept that working at home may be a thing I can’t do for a while until he resets himself. I’m kind of ok with that in many ways!!

I know he’ll sort himself out soon enough. I just need to make sure I have supplies upstairs if he does it again lol. Will ask CM to shorten his nap and see how that goes. She’s great so sure she’ll help out!

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MadeForThis · 06/11/2018 21:05

Maybe he'll fall asleep quicker if he can hear you moving about as he won't have to keep checking?

Said from my 3yo room. In the dark. On mumsnet.

Fell asleep in the car this afternoon and now won't sleep.

DH sent for Chinese. Hopefully dd will sleep before it's back.

They're lucky we love them so much

cjt110 · 06/11/2018 21:07

I never had to sit by DS bed until recently and he turned 4 in August. Fortunately, he's old enough to appreciate what "No messing" means and mostly snuggles in and goes to sleep.

Except for last night at 5.15am when he woke and decided it'd be fantastic for me to have a sleepover in his room. In his bed. His toddler bed. Thank fuck for the guardrail is all I can say....

BrewCake

fruityb · 07/11/2018 19:34

Tonight appears to be a short stint. He got up - he was put back in a la super nanny and on the fourth go got in, plugged a dummy in and snuggled up. I also put his nightlight on which I think has helped. Wee man seems to have developed a bit of dark fear - which I had till I was in my early twenties in all fairness

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fruityb · 08/11/2018 19:24

And we’re back to screaming like a banshee on the landing having already trapped my fingers in his bedroom door slamming it shut on me when I went to put him back to bed.

Family time and blessed and all that shit. I am getting a little fed up of having a banshee at bedtime!

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EmbraRocks · 08/11/2018 19:27

I've not even attempted bed tonight due to my banshee, it's not helping the chuffing fireworks are kicking off again ....

fruityb · 08/11/2018 19:30

The noise is nothing other than sheer temper and anger and rage, he won’t stay in bed at the moment and it’s doing my tits in!! He’s always gone to bed so well and since he turned two he’s become a complete arsehole at bedtime! He’s great when he’s up and about but as soon as it comes to bedtime he’s just being a little shit!

I cannot wait to destroy him for this when he’s a teenager....

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EmbraRocks · 08/11/2018 20:44

We are still screaming fruity also doing my tits in.... Gaaaaaaaahh

fruityb · 08/11/2018 22:09

Lots of Brew and Cake your way! He went to sleep once my husband sat in his room. As I had to the other night....

I hope this passes soon!

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fruityb · 09/11/2018 19:40

Mummy duty tonight... dude in bed... dude gets out... leave dude to moan about it for a bit... mummy back up and tucks dude back in... dude has gone quiet... mummy staying for ten minutes more (till Ewan stops). Mummy has kindle,
Phone and ps vita... I’m set...

Just got to worry about turning off Blackpool illuminations in his room soon lol. He has gro clock and fairy lights tonight - seemed interested in the gro clock...

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