Oh Dear, I cancelled easter egg delivery

[Sheer Bliss]

I am OVER it!! I have tried all sorts of different reward systems, books, cuddles etc etc and my 2 eldest WILL NOT go to sleep. Has been a pattern for over 12months now. Some nights are OK, but the last month has been solid of both of them playing up, finally sleeping at 10pm, baby awake at 10:30, again at 1am, 3am and then the day starts at 5:30 with a cranky DS who hasn't had sleep, then HE has a sleep in the day, I can't so the cycle begins AGAIN. I have been on 5hrs of broken sleep for over a month!!!! NO MORE!!! Separate rooms as of next week, and now I have been forced to follow through. NO EGGS from the easter bunny. They kept pushing and pushing and now that is IT! No more. I have taken toys, books etc away before, I hope this works! (although DS is STILL ******* about trying to come out) :hair::hair::hair:

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:hugs::hugs::hugs:

[MrsTwith3]

Its the pits T it really is. Many hugs for you.
Have you tried staggering their bedtime so they arent going in at the same time? Making N go to bed first then C? Even if it is alot earlier than normal. Just a thought.
Goodluck with it all.
Ive been going on the broken sleep train now for 6.5yrs though the past 2 nights they have all pretty much slept right through...YAY me (sorry just had to have a mini brag)

[moozle]

Harsh but fair. Good on you for following through :yes: Haoppy Easter and I hope you get some sleep soon! :hugs:

[Benji]

:hugs: Sounds fair to me. I don't know how you do it. Hope you have a good day despite last night xo

[Bexta]

I hope the seperate bedrooms work for you, Tan. :hugs:

No sleep is the most severe form of torture. :hugs:

[Sheer Bliss]

DH came home and made me feel like cr@p about it - said it could be traumatic for them :no:. So I felt awful! Luckily they were only getting one thing each this year anyway (one egg for DD and 3 smaller ones for DS) so he told them I had lost the bunnies phone number, so couldn't reach him in time.

BUT there WAS a letter for each of them, telling them how disappointed the easter bunny was in their behaviour and wanting them to improve for next year.

[brogeybear]

Don't worry darl, I can't see it traumatising them...it might just hit home though!

[ElizaDoLittle]

I assure you, much more traumatising for them is a mummy trying to function on no sleep! Good work mumma!

[Annabella]

Not sure if it makes you feel any better but my kids got easter eggs (not many, just a little bag of about 8 solid ones each) and got them taken off them this morning before they ate them. Mine fight and compete constantly and my 10 week old son is sick and I was trying to put him back to sleep and they kept running in my room and carrying on dobbing etc, so I took their eggs. I feel sorry for them but I'm over it!

As for the bed time, funnily enough, mine fight all day but are best friends once its time for bed, and, like yours, no matter how tired they are, they muck around for HOURS. So now one goes to sleep in the spare room and we move her back in when both are asleep. Its the only way we can do it.

Hope it gets better for you, we've tried everything else, rewards and all that and it makes no difference at all.

[our3boys]

my boys were like that at sleep time would never sleep just kept each other awake all the time now i put ds2 to bed first and get him into a deep sleep then 30min later ds1 goes to bed work great for us ds1 has started to come out abit again but we just tell him to go back and he does and then just lays there.

[sahm]

Not fair that your DH is making you feel guilty.

A 5 year old and a 3 year old know what you're asking of them when you say bed time and they are deliberately pushing the boundaries and breaking the rules. If they have been doing it for so long, I think drastic action like easter bunny going missing is perfectly warranted.

Don't feel guilty at all, they need to learn and you need some sleep!

[twins plus]

i don't know if this will help but my three year old twins use to do the same. So the way i dealt with it is they both go in there room at 7 and i shut the door and they know that the door will not be opened until the morning. They play and fight and carry on for about an hour then they go to sleep.
I hope it improves for you soon.
As for easter i wouldn't stress about the whole egg thing mine got a freddo each and that was it
:wave:

[Bexta]

Nice save, Dad! :D

Hope you have a nice Easter Tan & family!

[trishalishous]

I feel for you hon! and no easter isn't the end of the world.
hope you get some sleep soon!

[FiveInTheBed]

:hugs:

Have you tried a story CD at bedtime Tan?? I know some nights when I have just HAD IT, and DP is late from work - I give cuddles etc then put on Mem Fox for them to listen to - it is usually still playing and they are snoring.

Don't worry about the eggs ...we are egg free here...went to the bike track EARLy and then came home and had pancakes for morning tea (DS1 wanted hotcross buns, but that got cancelled as soon as he hit his sister in the back seat!!)
...The neighbors made a comment about us not having any chocolate for them :rolleyes:
- my kids are not traumatised:p

Hope you get some sleep soon...
Would E&L go off in the pram being rocked back and forwards whilst you read a book or sung a song to N&C?

[Sheer Bliss]

Not surprised here.....bed-time tonight was an absolute DREAM!!!

FITB - LOVE mem fox!! It was the magic hat tonight...DS at 7pm first, all he did was get out of bed to open the door, then DD at 7:30 and she was out like a light too. Might have daylight savings to thank too though! L needs a boob in her mouth to sleep, and complete silence. My happy princess ACTS like a princess at night!! Might have to look into the CD books though! only one we have is the little mermaid, and they have lost the book!

Bex - hope you had a great one too!

Operation room swaps began today too - the front room is now a nice tidy toy room! Old toy room is half a study, half mess of toys to be sorted into toy boxes. Tomorrow is operation tidy other half of room and relocate PC so DS's NEW room is ready for his bed while he is at daycare on Tuesday!

Thanks everyone!

[FionaV]

I wouldn't stress about the no eggs thing - they'll be fine, and just maybe, it will hit home to them.

Never make a threat if you aren't prepared to carry it out.