Monsters and Loose Teeth

Among other things that keep my kids from going to bed

Published on March 24, 2004 By JillUser In Home & Family

Bed time, I so look forward to it some days. Those days when the 3yr old has whined and destroyed all day long. Those days when the 7yr old is constanly doing the "look at this" "I want to show you something" routine. I hold on until the blissful quiet of bed time.

The last couple of nights have been a total disappointment. The 7yr old has another loose tooth and it seems to only bother him once he goes to bed. It isn't loose enough to yank yet so I put baby Ora-jel on it and tell him to go to sleep. That seems to be the 3yr old's cue to come out and say "I'm scared!" He then claims there are monsters in his room. We go through the room, lie down together for about 20mins then repeat a couple times until he falls asleep.

My older son calls nightmares "scary imaginations". He often wants to get in our bed due to the scary imaginations that get to him in his room. I appreciate the fact that they have active imaginations. I just wish I could turn their brains off at night so they would go straight to sleep

Oh well, maybe the monsters will take a break tonight if I'm lucky.

Comments

crazy lady

on Mar 24, 2004

My son would, literally, walk in to his room, turn around, walk back out, and say " I had a bad dream." Ugh!
I would tell him he wasn't in there long enough to lay down on his bed.....he would then proceed
to argue (try to argue) that yes he had indeed fell asleep! I would have to physically pick him up and
put him in the bed. We would lay there for a little while, quiet, but then he would try it again! Right there
in his bed! We would then repeat same conversation, which I would end by saying goodnight and leaving
the room. Only to repeat a few more times. That was a few years ago, he tries it every so often
now and again.
Good luck!

JillUser

on Mar 24, 2004

My 7yr old used to pull that a couple of years ago. Little manipulators!

crimson

on Mar 24, 2004

My daughter has always had a pretty late bedtime. Now that she's in school full-time, I'm finding it hard to try to get her to bed earlier. I liked the fact that she slept late, but now it's coming back to haunt me!

dharmagrl

on Mar 24, 2004

Jake (my youngest) tries it on every so often. I woke up this morning to find him asleep on my bedroom floor - I had told him last week that I didn't want the cats in my room whilst I was in bed because I was afraid they'd step on me and hurt my incision - he must have taken it to heart and laid down there on the floor instead of climbing in with me like he usually does when he's "scared".

He gets "scared" a couple of times a week. I think a lot of it has to do with his dad being gone; this didn't happen when Dave was home on leave......and I let him get away with some of it because his dad's gone.

Ho hum, the life of a mom.....

JillUser

on Mar 25, 2004

Both my kids like to fall asleep with me when daddy is on a business trip. I don't mind letting them do that.

Aw, my older guy has slept on the floor in our room unbeknownst to us until morning. That is so sweet. Makes you feel loved doesn't it? I feel torn when they to the "I'm scared" thing because I know they just want to sleep with mommy and daddy. I also know I am going to miss that some day.

KarmaGirl

on Mar 25, 2004

My daughter was the worse sleeper for the first 4 years of her life. I'd go into detail, but I'd have to write a book. The only time that she is allowed to sleep with me is when her Dad is gone. Luckily, we kept her bad sleeping habits to her room (got her a larger bed so that she would fall asleep while I was in bed with her- then I would leave until she got up (literally) in the middle of the night). It would have been easier to just let her sleep in bed with us. However, easiest isn't always best, and I'm glad we didn't have to try and break that habit.

It seems like kids go through phases of sleeping good or bad. Luckily, with one, you only have one phase to deal with. I can't imagine dealing with multiple kids doing different things.

dharmagrl

on Mar 25, 2004

I know, it's so sweet and I just don't have the heart to tell him "no" when he comes in my room half asleep and crying.....makes me get all teary and mushy just thinking about it!

crazy lady

on Mar 26, 2004

I am guilty of the same "bad " habit....letting my son sleep with me a few times.
I agree, it is so hard to turn them away, when they look sooooo sad! and pitiful!
some of my favorite moments were when he'd crawl up on the bed, with the sniffles,
and snuggle down. It was cute, and it does make you feel loved. And that doesn't
last for very long! They get older and less dependent on us! They stop wanting to just
sit and snuggle with mom. ahhhh....those were the days!

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