Comments on: Making My Children’s Sleep a Priority

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 02:51:46 +0000

@Amanda- I agree with you! Lately Ryan hasn’t woken up before 6am. 6 out of 7 days a week he wakes up after 7am so I just do our normal breakfast routine, but if he wakes up at 6am I’ll nurse him and let him lay in bed with me until 730. If he wakes up in the middle of the night I think I would try patting him to sleep, but it hasnt happened yet (hopefully doesnt!) But who knows, I may be too tired to deal with it that I’d nurse him back to sleep haha.

By: Amy

Amy — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 01:58:53 +0000

We’ve been blessed and cursed with two kids who don’t need a lot of sleep.
Blessed in that we can get out and do lots of stuff any day of the week.
Cursed in that, them going to bed at 9 doesn’t give my husaband and I much time off.

By: FireMom

FireMom — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:04:57 +0000

We also have refused evening events/get togethers because our children absolutely need a routine and set schedule with regard to their bedtime. They function better. We function better. It’s just how it is right now. We clean at 6:30, have snack and then have a bath. They’re in their beds around 7:00, give or take, for stories and prayers. Our older son does look at his books for awhile after we leave but falls asleep before 7:30 (at the latest, 8:00 if he’s really into whatever he is *reading*). Our younger son falls asleep as soon as we leave his room. It’s funny.

Eventually, our bedtimes will change. And that will be okay as well.

By: Myself

Myself — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:28:50 +0000

We’ve finally been able to get my son to have a consistent bedtime and its a big relief. Before this school year began, bedtime was the eternal battle, with new excuses being invented nightly for why he needed to stay up. But once school started we layed down the law a bit, coupled with the fact that he had more strenous activites (soccer, karate ) then previously, he was happy to go to bed.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 03:47:01 +0000

@Sharon – I wish my kids could sleep anywhere! The problem for us is transferring them home. And for realz – if we are paying a sitter it is usually for alone time or something that we really want to go to.

@Stephanie – my boy isn’t that great of sleeper. I am trying though! He is finally taking good naps during the day, but it still hasn’t affected his night time sleep too much. I have no clue why he wakes up so much at night. I have tried everything, but crying it out. I will probably do that, but I have to be ready for 45 minutes of crying. For now it is easier for me to nurse him and get us both back to sleep.

@Cathy – That is awesome that your child can transfer so easily!

@Katie – Our bedtime routine sounds very similar. Yeah, holidays can stink, but sometimes I am thankful for the excuse to get away. LOL.

@Amanda K – I know, right! Sometimes I feel like a weirdo when I say I can’t go places to other parents. I feel like I come across as snooty, but I don’t mean to. My kids sleep is just important to me.