Can't get my kid to sleep..What would Longgrain do?

Longgrain

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Thu Feb-03-05 10:55 PM
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Can't get my kid to sleep..What would Longgrain do?

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sam sarrha

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:19 PM
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1. you got to start lplanning ahead, no cokes, start reducing activity and

keep them from reving up around bed time ..no sugar deserts. get them to play calming activities.. not shoot em up movies, or car races...head them off at the pass.

its easier, regular schedual. read in bed if not sleepy, no reniging on the rules.

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FuzzySlippers

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:22 PM
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2. Lonnggrain.

Where'd you get a kid? You do know that you can't just go abducting them off the street, don't you?

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Not_Giving_Up

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:24 PM
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3. My eight year old is a night critter

Always has been. She gets no caffeine, almost no sugar, just doesn't want to go to sleep. I thought it would change when school started, but it didn't. She just complained that school started too early.

When she was three, she started telling us that her feet were talking to her, and that's why she couldn't sleep. What were her feet saying? "Stay awake!"

The feet have been silent for a few years now, but she still doesn't rash out until after eleven. She's put to bed at eight.

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tigereye

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:30 PM
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5. my son gets the giggles

I seem to remember being the same way when I was younger. My son has always been a late to bed kind of kid. I think some kids are just hard-wired that way. ;)

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SW FL Dem

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:29 PM
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4. Good luck

I'm a night owl and so is my kid. From age 4-12 it was next to impossible to get him to sleep. Luckily, my kid is now an almost 14 year old who has grown almost 6 inches in the past year and a half. Tonight, he tucked himself in at 9:30. He'll get himself up at 7:30 too! It will get better.

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progmom

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:30 PM
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6. you POS

Not one person replied to my thread, and you get 4 replies???

You suck.

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Longgrain

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:47 PM
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8. You didn't mention JimmyJazz

In your Message line...

I know how to suck...

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SarahB

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Thu Feb-03-05 11:31 PM
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7. I found breastfeeding worked well the first couple of years.

After that, stories and hugs. :shrug:

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