how do you put your kids to bed?

garagebandfan

I have a four year old who never wants to go to bed...luckily I don't have to deal with it right now since im in the hospital...but how do you guys put your kids to sleep?? We try books warm bath letting her rest with us NOTHING helps her go to sleep.... I can't handle it! I know its going to be a stressful time when I get home and when the baby is born any idea would be helpful!

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squrit299

My sister lets my nephew lay in his bed and watch a movie then He falls asleep and she shuts the movie off.

Mrz_Jackson

I no how u feel my 3 year old will not go to bed wit out me he refuses! Idk Wat to do eithr. But I feel so lucky wit my 1 year old I put her in her bed an leave the room she goes straight to sleep no crying or whining or nuthn!:)

garagebandfan

That's the thing, my daughter will watch movies all the way through and still not go to bed! She fights it uncontrollably and it drives me nuts... I've been thinking about it all night because I can't go to sleep haha

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squrit299

Did u try Just leaving her?

momof22be

I always put my son to bed at that age with warm milk and told him goodnight and closed the door he would get up and down for about 20-25 MIN but eventually he would sleep now hes 7 and gets a drink goes to the bathroom washes hands and teeth and gives kisses goodnight right at 9 except on fri and sat he can stay up as long as he wants but usually passes out at about 11:30 good luck Hun.

caroline8_p

When I put my nephew to bed every night at 9, he had to give his rounds.. hugs n kisses, id usually carry him or walk holding his hand to his room. Lay him down with his stuffed animals, and a sippie of milk and tell him night night.

He usually got up a few times especially in the beginning, but I was always waiting by the door to make him lay right back down. He cried, but he learned, now he doesn't really give my mom a hard time while she watches him. There were times he wouldn't listen to a female, so I gorlt my bf to do it, or say, I'm gunna get steve! It helps when he actually showed up cause then it showed my nephew that I wasn't just saying that. He's 25mo.

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garagebandfan

We have tried reading to her, laying with her leaving her alone in her room...when we do that she just stays up all night sometimes until 2am...then wakes up at 8 crabby as can be. Im the only one ever putting her to sleep, my husband never helps unless its one of the rare nights that I close!

garagebandfan

Ya she never had a bottle in bed with her even when she WAs a baby...but nothing seems to help!

momof22be

Just keep at it she will go to bed earlier and earlier

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camommy

when my kids were little Id put them to bed with disney songs jersey babies or a book on cd sometimes wed go through 2 books but it worked pretty good

garagebandfan

she is afraid of the dark, so she has a small lamp, and she will get up and play and get out and come get us it never fails..I know I need to get her on a routine its just hard, because we aren't even on a routine

garagebandfan

Right before I got admitted to the hospital we moved the cd player to her room so she could go to bed to lullabies...but I doubt she has been doing that!

momof22be

I hope she starts going to bed on time before the new baby comes Hun btw did u ever talk to your mil?

garagebandfan

@momof22be im going to wait and call her when I get out of the hospital..I just don't want to be under more stress right now. I hope I can get her on a bedtime routine before the baby comes too! I don't know how I am going to handle two of them!

momof22be

No kidding seriously though Hun keep up with it and she will get it it might take u a few months but she will get there and that's a good idea with the mil maybe have your hubby talk to her first about why your hurt so shes not to stressed about it either I hope she gets over it my step mom is the same way sometimes I just wanna shake her the b-hotch couldn't even show up to my babyshower she has a wall at her house just for her boys without me or my sister and she has a kids necklace with birthstones without me or my sisters and on facebook she talks about her my dad and her boys but nothing about me or my sister I could tell her till I'm blue in the face but it will never faze her and my dad is another story his friends don't even know he is a grandfather and hes on his seccond and like I gold u before my son is 7 there is no excuses I went to a lunch at his work and his friends were like who's that and I said his grandson and they were like wow we didn't know you were a grandpa and he said we don't talk about that and in my sons book about his family my dad wrote nothing but horrible things about me its crazy that I acctually still visit them

momof22be

Sorry it was so long I just really feel ya and I get so worked up when it happens to others u know

lae3

ige always read to them and just put um to bed .. if they get up put them back.. they may fuss a lil but as long as there in bed they will sooth themselves eventually. im a no no nonsence super nanny techniuque typ of mom.. they get it pretty quick.. may take a fe days but if your persistant it will pay off

garagebandfan

@momof22be oh boo that sounds like a horrible situation too! I don't get why families treat each other so badly. I wish we could all just forget and walk away but its just easier said then done.
Thanks for being here for me, and im here for you too!

momof22be

Thanks Hun. and your welcome glad to help

mom60511

I play a lullaby CD and sit in the room until she falls asleep. She's 3 my 23 month old is another story.

jbandno3

I read one book to my kids while rocking in the living room, they each get a little but of milk. Then we read a bible story, pray and sing a song. Once they lay down in their beds for the night they are only allowed to get up to use the bathroom. If u make her stay in her room she will eventually go to sleep, consistency is the key!

laura536

Is she getting up at 8 am and staying up all day with no nap? My 5 yo was having trouble falling asleep and we had to cut out nap time. Now she puts on her jammies and gets hugs and kisses and I tuck her in between 730 and 8 every night. I hated tv's in kids rooms, but we broke down and got her one and she watched the Sprout channel to go to sleep. Depending on how busy her day was, she falls asleep between 9 and 10.

garagebandfan

Oh she hasn't taken a nap since she was 1 and a half @laura536 I have never once slept through the night, even as a baby and I have horrible problems falling asleep and staying asleep and I am so scared that she is going to have the same sleep problems that I have!

redhead25

My son does the whole bathroom routine bath brush teeth potty. He reads me a book and then I read him a book. Kisses I love yous. Turn on his lava lamp (night light) and leave. He's 7 though.

PlatypusOfDeath

Why are women always stuck with being the bad Guy? I've been getting my step daughter to sleep in her own bed the past few weeks while she is with us, she's three. She is really proud of herself during the day but can get scared at night. I sit next to her bed til she falls asleep and console her when she wakes up
Daddy however decides its too tough after she takes longer than ten min of fussing around and as soon as she wakes up he's ready for her to just sleep in our bed.
I'm getting ready to have my first baby in November and its really important that she gets this down before then. I don't wan her to feel like she's getting replaced.
Its just so frustrating that I always have to step in and be the heavy! I'm laying awake in bed right now because I'm still upset about it

magcaw

We have a routine with all of our kids. They get a bath every other night, and then story and some time to hug and stuff before we put them in their beds. My two year old insists on me singing to him, and we have to look out the window. I have to give him all his stuffed animals, and as soon as I turn around to walk to the door he stands up and makes me give him another hug. We go through the whole thing again and then he goes to sleep without a problem.
My 4 year old has had issues going to sleep since we moved. At first we'd find him sleeping all over the house when we would go to bed (I mean EVERYWHERE--in the tub, in the hallway, under our bed, etc). Now he has a tendency to roam/play for a bit at night. I had to really consider how to deal with it, because my immediate reaction was to fight with him until he stayed in bed. We didn't do that, though--we figure, as long as he stays in bed when we come to bed (and stays quiet), it's not that big a deal. Most of the time he plays for a bit or comes downstairs for extra hugs (or dressed in one of his superhero costumes, which is hysterical). He knows that once we come to bed he MUST stay in his bed, and he hasn't gone against that unless he has a nightmare and comes in to lay with us for a few minutes. Bedtime for everyone starts between 8 and 8:15, and they're usually in bed between 8:30 and 8:45. Even when he doesn't go to sleep until 11, he wakes up by 7. When he goes to sleep right away he's usually up at 6. I think he just doesn't need much sleep, honestly.