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07.01.08, 17:47 PM Preschool/Kids
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pls tell me how to get over being perpetually annoyed at 5yo dd. She is completely uncooperative and ignores me until I yell, loudly, which I really don't enjoy and neither does she. I'm even more irritable than I would otherwise be b/c it's a battle getting her into bed every night and she comes and wakes us up in the middle of the night. I'm ready to send her off to boarding school, but that's not practical, so I'm trying to figure out how I survive the next 13 years (or even the next 3 months). Any advice? tia [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
Preschool/Kids 07.01.08, 05:47 PM Flag
 

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Sounds like life with my 5 yo ds. If dh is not here, it can take me hours to get him to settle down to sleep, and he comes to our bed at least 3 times a night. I never know what will set him off. I could say "How are you?", and he'll yell, "Stop doing that!!!" I try to remember that's he going through a lot of transitions with K starting soon and try to spend as much positive time with him as possible, so that the battles don't feel so bad. GL! [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.01.08, 05:54 PM Flag
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How do you deal with the middle of the night stuff? The disruption of sleep is a real problem for both dh and me -- it's making us non-functional during the day. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.01.08, 05:59 PM Flag
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I'm lucky in that I sleep like a log while dh is a light sleeper, so he usually handles it. Last night, though, he woke me up to do it. When it's my turn, I usually end up crawling into bed with ds until he falls asleep and then going back to dh. After a couple trips up, we usually let ds sleep with us. It can be tough when he kicks us in the head, though. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.01.08, 06:03 PM Flag
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yes, exactly. only I'm a light sleeper, and when I wake up, it often takes me an hour or more to get back to sleep (especially if dd insists on trying to have a conversation in the middle of the night). [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.01.08, 06:07 PM Flag
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that's rough. Don't talk to her, though. It'll just wake both of you up even more. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.01.08, 06:09 PM Flag
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or: Just thought of something I've done lately htat has helped him stay in bed at least at the beginning of the night. If he stays in his room at bedtime, when he's asleep I sneak in a stick a sticker on his pjs. That way if he wakes up, he knows I kept my word and checked on him. [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.01.08, 06:15 PM Flag
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my 7 y.o. is going through a difficult stage as well. she sleeps well, but is quite uncooperative during the day. if she irritates me enough, i just ignore her for a while until she quits the naughty behavior. my dh handles the kids better in this way. he rarely gets to the point where he yells loudly at them. he thinks that they are "kids and it will all work out in the end." my 11 y.o. is obviously easier in that she is not as childish but now we have the hormones and very difficult middle school yrs. upon us. boarding school sounds fabulous right about now :) [ Reply | More
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General Topics 07.01.08, 06:22 PM Flag
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