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argh! he will not sleep

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bumpybecky · 09/12/2009 20:02

ds is 23 months and is currently 20 minutes into a screaming tantrum and I have had enough. He is refusing to go to bed in his own bed. He wants to sleep in my bed and seems intent on screaming until he gets what he wants

I can't calm him down and have now come downstairs and left him to get on with it as I need to calm myself down.

Poor dd3 is trying to sleep upstairs and is getting upset as her brother is so noisy. DH who normally deals with this is out seeing dd1&2 in their school show.

ds has never gone to sleep easily, but this has got ridculous

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heron22 · 09/12/2009 20:07

it is so hard when this happens. my DS1 went through this kind of phase too. at around the same age. he must learn that you mean what you say. do not give in or it will be worse next time.

he is just trying to see how much he can get away with!

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bumpybecky · 09/12/2009 20:12

thanks

we've found him in our bed so many times now it's silly. He used to go to bed, then as soon as we left him he'd hop out and put himnself to bed in our room! trouble is he'd then wake up and scream the place down when we came to bed. So now I've blocked his doorway so he can't get out (door is open!) and he's objecting big time

His 3 sisters all slept so well. I guess this is pay back time!

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thisisyesterday · 09/12/2009 20:16

why not just let him go to sleep in your bed and then move him?

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bumpybecky · 09/12/2009 20:20

tried that before, he wakes up and screams if we try to move him. Last time it woke up two of his sisters!

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thisisyesterday · 09/12/2009 20:24

oh well i'd just let him sleep with me then. but i am like that lol
i dunno, i kind of think that if they seem like they're saying they need something/you then you should go with it. might just be a phase and he'll get over whatever it is that's making him want to be in your bed.

beats listening to screaming anyway! lol

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bumpybecky · 09/12/2009 20:32

I don't mind ds sleeping with me, I just can't cope with DH complaining about it!

I think ds just likes our bed we redecorated the bedroom a couple of months ago and have a new bed and it's very comfy

Ds has finally calmed down and stopped screaming. I went back up for what must have been the 10th time and told him it was bedtime. He laughed! and then climbed into his bed and pulled up the duvet All is now quiet

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bumpybecky · 09/12/2009 20:33

sorry - meant to say thanks for the replies the distraction helped me chill a bit and now it's all quiet

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thisisyesterday · 09/12/2009 20:36

lol, does he have his own room? could you re-decorate a buit? even just some pics and a new duvet cover or something?

heron22 · 09/12/2009 20:45

good to hear he is now asleep

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