Fighting sleep . .

[KaM]

Just wondered if anyone else has to go through as much trouble as I do . . to get their toddler to take a day nap . . she needs it as she is exhausted but oh boy . . she puts up a damn good fight . .

Check out this photo . . she is currently asleep like this . .

(She isnt under the toy thingo . . thats just where she fell asleep )

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g152/jaded_deciphers/SDC12784.jpg

[Chickadee]

I have no solution, but lots of sympathy. My DD started this at just over 2 and she still fights sleep at bedtime. For awhile it helped to put a dvd on at naptime, and she would fall asleep. When she started keeping herself awake through the dvd I gave up and resigned myself to the fact that we were only going to have quiet time and not a nap.

[reAllytee]

Yep as you know here ...

I gave up with fighting for days sleeps ... I just hated him for it cause I was 8mths pg & he wasnt quite 2.5yrs :crying:

Every single nite he is a nightmare & thats with me laying with him ... If I dont lay with him it turns into what last nite was about running round upstairs clearing shelves, annoying G & going out on the balcony telling the dog to shush & waving at the neighbours :rolleyes:

Drives me mental.

[KaM]

The joys of spirited children . . .

[Little Gorilla]

From experience I know you can't force a child to sleep.....there are only 2 solutions:-

- get rid of the day sleep and then just try and keep her up until after 6pm. I found when I did this my DS would every 2nd or 3rd day have a day sleep as he would almost be sort of "cathcing up" on sleep.
- make her day sleep later in the day - ie say she had a 30 minute sleep at 3pm (you may need to wake her) and then didn't go to bed until a bit later than what she normally would. This often just recharges their batteries just that little bit so they can last the rest of the day.

This is basically what we did with DS (who is 4 now).

[Pixie]

Eliza has fought sleep from the moment she left the womb!

I make her at least rest for two hours in her room every -day she MUST have quiet time or a nap she usually naps. I tell her in order to do
Painting
Play on the swings
bake cupcakes

she must nap and she does she wants the activity so much she sleeps!

We do the things above every day anyway well not making cakes but you know something anything and she always complies now. M is old enough to understand it's how strong you are misseh!

I never back down and if she won't sleep then she must - must have quite time.

E is pretty good though and happily plays on her own for an hour or so.

GL!