homeschoolmom Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 I could have started this thread the other day...
jasJis Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Whatever happened to spankings, taking things away, locking the door, etc.? We used to take stuffed animals away, toys, pillows, blankets... My daughter once ended up exhausted sleeping on the floor. We didn't have bed problems for a month. It's tough to be a parent, but we volunteered for the job. I remembered once, when she was about 7, she wouldn't stay in her bed so we made her get up and sit in the bathroom with all the lights on and the fan on for an hour. She learned it's boring to stay up.
homeschoolmom Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Sometimes babies are just sick and they can't sleep...
Carrie Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 My parents sometimes locked my door when I couldn't sleep and it would scare me to death. I don't think I could ever do that.
cmotherofpirl Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Read them the telephone book if you have one, run the sweeper or an air conditioner or something else that makes white noise. Or lock the door, put your arms firmly around them and go to sleep. We had a family bed so it was really never an issue for us.
Carrie Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Reading the telephone book would put me to sleep! :
inDEED Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 [quote name='jasJis' date='Aug 18 2005, 04:51 AM']Whatever happened to spankings, taking things away, locking the door, etc.? We used to take stuffed animals away, toys, pillows, blankets... My daughter once ended up exhausted sleeping on the floor. We didn't have bed problems for a month. It's tough to be a parent, but we volunteered for the job. I remembered once, when she was about 7, she wouldn't stay in her bed so we made her get up and sit in the bathroom with all the lights on and the fan on for an hour. She learned it's boring to stay up. [right][snapback]688783[/snapback][/right] [/quote] That sounds right... I've heard that the worst thing you can do is allow your child to sleep with you...they'll never want to sleep alone...
Carrie Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 [quote name='inDEED' date='Aug 18 2005, 11:35 AM']That sounds right... I've heard that the worst thing you can do is allow your child to sleep with you...they'll never want to sleep alone... [right][snapback]688858[/snapback][/right] [/quote] It's not necessarily a bad thing. Sometimes, climbing into bed with mom and dad can be comforting when they're sick or have had a nightmare.
cmotherofpirl Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 (edited) Nope. And what is so great about sleeping alone... When you have a family bed, they fall asleep quickly, but you have the rest of the house to yourself, then you can come back to bed later. : Edited August 18, 2005 by cmotherofpirl
inDEED Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 [quote name='prose' date='Aug 18 2005, 03:07 AM']Ugh. I am tired. [right][snapback]688769[/snapback][/right] [/quote]
homeschoolmom Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 [quote name='cmotherofpirl' date='Aug 18 2005, 09:38 AM']Nope. And what is so great about sleeping alone... When you have a family bed, they fall asleep quickly, but you have the rest of the house to yourself, then you can come back to bed later. : [right][snapback]688863[/snapback][/right] [/quote] We have sort of a pseudo-family bed. Our children start out in their own beds (usually-- sometimes they fall asleep in ours). They can come in to our bed if they should wake up in the night. Usually, they don't. We have noticed that as they get older they don't come in as often. Ie, they learn to "sleep alone.' (as if that's an important life skill)...
Nicole8223 Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 *taking lots of mental notes for when i have children*
prose Posted August 18, 2005 Author Posted August 18, 2005 Well, she fell asleep from 8-9:30, but then I had to go to work. I think today is going to be a looooooooooooooooooooooooong day!!! I am exhausted.
Christie_M Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 [quote name='Carrie' date='Aug 18 2005, 08:34 AM']Reading the telephone book would put me to sleep! : [right][snapback]688857[/snapback][/right] [/quote] not me I have this brain that pays attention to everything someone says...so I'll be listening to the phone book and not fall asleep! I usually pray the Rosary to go to sleep I don't do it on perpos though.
IcePrincessKRS Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Aug 18 2005, 07:43 AM']I could have started this thread the other day... [right][snapback]688780[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Ditto. Adrienne is a night owl. [quote name='jasJis' date='Aug 18 2005, 07:51 AM']Whatever happened to spankings, taking things away, locking the door, etc.? We used to take stuffed animals away, toys, pillows, blankets... My daughter once ended up exhausted sleeping on the floor. We didn't have bed problems for a month. It's tough to be a parent, but we volunteered for the job. I remembered once, when she was about 7, she wouldn't stay in her bed so we made her get up and sit in the bathroom with all the lights on and the fan on for an hour. She learned it's boring to stay up. [right][snapback]688783[/snapback][/right] [/quote] We do all of that except locking the door. Ever since she flipped herself out of her crib and broke her arm we have had her in a regular bed---she can get out more easily, but at least we don't have to worry about more broken bones. When she sleeps in her room I prefer to keep the doors open so I can hear her easily, she still wakes up wanting a drink alot of the time, and I am a fairly deep sleeper, if the doors were shut I wouldn't hear a thing. [quote name='inDEED' date='Aug 18 2005, 10:35 AM']That sounds right... I've heard that the worst thing you can do is allow your child to sleep with you...they'll never want to sleep alone... [right][snapback]688858[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Not necessarily. Its easy enough to wean them out of the habit. Right now Adrienne still sleeps in our room most of the time (she's 2) but on her own little bed. Genevieve's crib is in our room as well, she sleeps through the night now (seriously at least 7 hours at a stretch) and then waked up to nurse and sleeps in bed with us for a couple more hours, sometimes I put her back in her bed, she could care less. lol [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Aug 18 2005, 10:57 AM']We have sort of a pseudo-family bed. Our children start out in their own beds (usually-- sometimes they fall asleep in ours). They can come in to our bed if they should wake up in the night. Usually, they don't. We have noticed that as they get older they don't come in as often. Ie, they learn to "sleep alone.' (as if that's an important life skill)... [right][snapback]688895[/snapback][/right] [/quote] Yup, thats sort of how we are.
cmotherofpirl Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 (edited) [quote name='homeschoolmom' date='Aug 18 2005, 10:57 AM']We have sort of a pseudo-family bed. Our children start out in their own beds (usually-- sometimes they fall asleep in ours). They can come in to our bed if they should wake up in the night. Usually, they don't. We have noticed that as they get older they don't come in as often. Ie, they learn to "sleep alone.' (as if that's an important life skill)... [right][snapback]688895[/snapback][/right] [/quote] I had 3 babies in 5 years. We started the babies sleeping and nursing with us. Made the 2 AM and 6 am feedings a breeze, since I didn't have to get out of bed. When the boys got bigger we moved to 2 big matttresses pushed together about a foot off the floor in their room. We laid down with them and when they were asleep we moved off to our own room. When the third one came along, she slept in our room til she was weaned and ready for her own room. She also had a double bed mattress on the floor. We still had thr rest of the house available. Because they had the big beds if they had a bad night, we could go to them and still had enough room to sleep. And the mattresses were great to wrestle and build castles and pretend space ships on when it was too cold to go out to play. When my husband abandoned me and the kids they all ended up in my bedroom every single night for months. Edited August 18, 2005 by cmotherofpirl
IcePrincessKRS Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 Thats pretty much how I did it with Adrienne, Cmom, but since Genevieve actually sleeps all night (and has from a REALLY early age--and she's only 5 months now) she doesn't sleep in our bed as much.
cmotherofpirl Posted August 18, 2005 Posted August 18, 2005 My daughter moved out much earlier than the boys did as well.
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