to cancel father christmas for my youngest

[loverofwine]

He is still awake. We have tried everything including saying that we'll text FC and tell him to avoid DS4.

Should we?

At wits end

He's excited, that's all!

This is NOTHING........wait until he is still awake at 3am before you make any decisions

He's just excited! You can't threaten to cancel Christmas you complete meanie! How old is he? Have you tried warm drink, soft music, reading to him. My dd has just come down crying that she can't get to sleep. Just as dh was tucking into santa's whiskey!!

course not, he's just excited. I am too!

Mine are still awake and singing christmas songs from bed. He will conk out in the end, as will mine.

just crack open a bottle of wine and wait it out!

It's only 10 past 10, why on earth are you at your wits end. Tis to be expected, it's Christmas Eve. If I thought Santa was bringing me a shed load f presents I wouldn't be able to sleep either.

Glass of wine, some telly and bide your time.

No

bath book and bed.

Return to bed and say "its sleep time now" then just return return and repeat. If he crys in bed leave him to cry for 10 minutes before going back in and he has to sleep sometime.

Also try hovering his room or let him watvh tv and carry him to bed.

Good luck

DH on edge of going postal and he's still screaming (DS4).

To put it in context my kids are great at going to bed. We just can't handle this...

Also worry that I have to follow through with threat to cancel Father C for DS4.

Tell him you think you heard FCs sleigh bells, it always used to work for my mum

But then it might just give him more stamina if he thinks he's imminent

Ours have just gone up and I can't hear anything...

You can't cancel father c. Think of the wasted money and lifelong complex you'll give him.

Just calmly go and give him a hug, then read him another story and cross your fingers, if he is normally good, he'll be fine once you calm him down.

No you can't cancel Father Christmas, that would be cruel (but I suspect you know that and are just stressed).

Even threatening to cancel will just put more pressure on him to fall asleep...thus keeping him awake.

You can't blame the kids for the frenzied excitement us adults whip them into with all the talk about Christmas and the preparation etc.

You haven't said how old he is? You sound very wound up but really it's quite normal even for kids who will usually go to bed happily. Can't you go and lie in bed next to him for a while til he calms down? What does your dh going 'postal' involve?

One year i waited until 12pm for dd to fall asleep, i found the more i got fed up with her the less likely she was to go to sleep. Just leave him to fall asleep and dont keep going up to him, he will give in eventualy (and then wake up at stupid o clock). Its hard to sleep when your so excited, i cant sleep either .

Not cancelling Xmas - Just his (DS 1-3 happily asleep at 8)

I am being cruel aren't I?

'Also worry that I have to follow through with threat to cancel Father C for DS4.'

You're not serious though are you?

Don't say it to him, then you won't have to follow through with the threat?

Tell him you think you heard FCs sleigh bells, it always used to work for my mum

Aww was your Mum so excited that you all had to tell her that to get her to sleep?

My kids have to do the same with me....

Norad says Santa is in Italy at the moment so he'd better hurry up, not too long before he's here...

This is one of those times where you don't follow through with the threat.

He will fall to sleep eventually. I know its hard, but try to keep calm. It is just christmas excitement. If it is any help my (1 week off being)16 year old is so excited she can't settle! And she will be up early too! Tis the joys of parenthood!

Trust me its still early, my dc are all now asleep, but if anything like last year they'll be awake at 1am before santas even been

So you were never so excited that you couldn't sleep OP?

Don't be cruel. It's Xmas eve! I remember being awake all night when I was young. My poor poor mum!

Stop making threats you know you can't carry out, it's pointless.

Just wait longer! He will sleep eventually, but if your DH is going 'postal' and you are getting stressed, it will take a lot longer.

Go and down the brandy you left out earlier.

How old is he?

My DS1 who is four was messing about a bit, until I said I'd start removing presents from his stocking. Silence.

Hope he collapses complies soon.

You're not serious about cancelling his Christmas?!

Leave him to it, he'll conk out eventually!