JCrakers
23-05-2011, 09:49 AM
hi,
Mum arrived this morning and said that the children will be tired as her 7yr old was up until 11pm not being able to get to sleep.
She put him to bed at normal time but he kept coming down telling her he couldnt sleep. In the end he was screaming and throwing stuff and woke her other two children.
He's always been a bad sleeper and quite often they all swap beds in the night just to get some peace.
I really struggled to give her advice as both my two children slept through since 8weeks old. I have always been very strict at night but I know some parents dont believe in this but I certainly wouldnt put up with this from my own children.
Quite often when she arrives she looks like she has done a days work already.
Does anybody have any ideas how I could advise her? At the moment he is in with his younger brother who is very hyperactive (but he manages to get to sleep no probs) He did have his own room but was having night terrors so they moved them together to help him.
Last night he was moved into the spare room but wet the bed on purpose. It sounds like a complete nightmare and want to help. Do I need to tell her to get tough or is there another soution? Mum is very soft with them and dad is a lot stricter.
x
Mum arrived this morning and said that the children will be tired as her 7yr old was up until 11pm not being able to get to sleep.
She put him to bed at normal time but he kept coming down telling her he couldnt sleep. In the end he was screaming and throwing stuff and woke her other two children.
He's always been a bad sleeper and quite often they all swap beds in the night just to get some peace.
I really struggled to give her advice as both my two children slept through since 8weeks old. I have always been very strict at night but I know some parents dont believe in this but I certainly wouldnt put up with this from my own children.
Quite often when she arrives she looks like she has done a days work already.
Does anybody have any ideas how I could advise her? At the moment he is in with his younger brother who is very hyperactive (but he manages to get to sleep no probs) He did have his own room but was having night terrors so they moved them together to help him.
Last night he was moved into the spare room but wet the bed on purpose. It sounds like a complete nightmare and want to help. Do I need to tell her to get tough or is there another soution? Mum is very soft with them and dad is a lot stricter.
x