Why IS there no Sleep thread?
Anyway, DS is 6. He has decided that life is far more interesting than going to bed and it is a battle.
Often he pops off happily... then within 20 mins or so startes yelling, banging, clapping to get attention. When you ask him (or yell 'go to sleep') he says 'I can't get to sleep'.
He will only sleep with the light on. This drives me nuts and I am slowly turning the dimmer down each night.
He sometimes wakes in the night and starts yelling 'I CAN'T SLEEEEEEEP'. Last night I was up at 2... then 4... Granted he has a cough, so I administered some tixylix but still.
How can I get him tired enough to stop fighting sleep?