rugger
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Post by rugger on Sept 7, 2017 7:13:07 GMT -6
Help! How can I get R (5) to sleep more? We start bedtime at 6:30, with "lights out" at 7, but it's usually closer to 8 before she's actually asleep. And then she wakes up between 5-6 am, wide awake.
Except, after a full week and a half of Kindergarten and minimal sleep, it's caught up to get and she's a cranky beast.
What can we do to help her get more sleep?
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milano
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Post by milano on Sept 7, 2017 7:46:12 GMT -6
Does she ever nap?
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Post by stringy on Sept 7, 2017 9:04:54 GMT -6
Car nap! Not helpful for ongoing but...maybe over the weekend for some respite.
Okay to wake clock? Which only keeps her in her bed, not asleep.
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Post by rugger on Sept 7, 2017 9:12:01 GMT -6
Nope. She dropped naps btwn 2-2.5 |
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Post by rugger on Sept 7, 2017 9:18:09 GMT -6
Car naps only really happen if we've been out and busy in the morning (like the zoo, aquarium, etc).
She's always ran on the low end of the recommended sleep (so like 10.5hrs of the recommended 10-13hrs). And it's her own internal clock walking her up.
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stringy
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Post by stringy on Sept 7, 2017 10:31:03 GMT -6
I'm not sure you can make her sleep more. She's probably also emotionally exhausted from all of the stress/excitement of the start too.
Maybe just downtime, books, movies, puzzles?
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Post by rugger on Sept 7, 2017 10:42:24 GMT -6
I'm not sure you can make her sleep more. She's probably also emotionally exhausted from all of the stress/excitement of the start too. Maybe just downtime, books, movies, puzzles? I'm sure she's super emotionally exhausted. She's an emotional kid, in that she *feels* intensely in all that she experiences. Does that make sense? We're close to unplugging the TV b/c she's helping herself to the remote in the mornings before she's ready for school (our rule is that she must be totally ready) first). Maybe if we take away the TV she won't feel the need to get up so early? |
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Post by tj on Sept 7, 2017 13:56:31 GMT -6
That's a good thought rugger. I know E is always trying to beat the system. Are you sure you have all the "things" to help sleep? Blackout curtains, sound machine, closed doors, dark and quiet outside her room so there's no light coming under her door? I would also agree with starting her bedtime at 7. E has a rule that she can't get out of bed until her clock says 8 (although now this is only valid on weekends, as we have to get up earlier than that for school.) It took a while of her waking up and being sent back to her room until it said 8 for it to click. But now she sleeps soundly until we wake her. Just for reference sake, she goes to bed between 7:30 and 8, and usually conks straight out, and she wakes up at 7 on school days. So less than 12 hours per night, and absolutely no naps never no way no how. So if she has always been on the low end, I think R will be fine. She will get used to the new routine and either quit being so cranky and tired, or fall asleep more quickly. |
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Post by sarenu on Sept 7, 2017 14:41:51 GMT -6
Nope. She dropped naps btwn 2-2.5 E was like this. We enforce quiet time on the weekend. She will usually fall asleep for an hour or two at least once now. Shes usually in bed by 8 and up at 6:45. She does pass out quickly most nights. |
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Post by rugger on Sept 7, 2017 15:44:56 GMT -6
tj yes, she has blackout shades. The rest of the house is dark/dim, she has music, but she does insist on her door being half open. maybe i'll get an OK to Wake clock and give he the 7pm bedtime a try. thanks!
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Post by rugger on Sept 7, 2017 15:47:28 GMT -6
We leave the house between 7:15-7:30 to get to school, so she can't sleep too late, or she won't have enough time to get dressed and eat and help pack lunch. I'd love to have her sleep 7:30-6:15ish.
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Post by nikkipal on Sept 7, 2017 18:25:11 GMT -6
M is really excited about her OK to Wake clock. She definitely understood the concept right away, though a couple of MOTN wake ups due to nightmares has prevented it from being fool proof.
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Post by grumpycakes on Sept 7, 2017 18:32:44 GMT -6
I totally support no TV in the morning. Does that mean we religiously follow that rule as a family? Nope. But...I have definitely found our mornings to run more smoothly when TV is not involved. And E most certainly wakes up earlier if he knows there will be a reward. It doesn't matter if it's a birthday party to attend, pancakes or a TV show. I would institute a no morning TV rule and see what happens. The whining on the first day is for sure outweighed by the benefits. I keep testing the efficacy of this rule at our house and I keep getting the same results, i.e. No TV before school.
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