keeping sydnie in her bed

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In a message dated 5/19/2004 4:27:52 PM US Mountain Standard Time,

_Schulte@... writes:

> -I've been wanting to use the " have a cow " phrase just for you!)

Ahh...thank you....I appreciate that!!!!! LOL.

It has been an EXCITING night and day here on the " farm " ..... we have had 5

chicks hatch in our incubator and about 15 more to go in this heet.

You DO have to be careful when you say " have a cow " here......since we

literally ARE eating our cows.....and often when you " eat like a pig " ... you ARE

eating a pig.. and do not even GET me started on laying an egg!!!!

M.

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Ok I need some advice...how in the world can I keep Sydnie (4 next week) in her

bed at night. She used to just get up and lay in the living room, hall way or

tile floor in the kitchen (she loves it I guess because its cool), we used the

gate for a while and it obviously worked by telling her it was the big girl gate

and she couldnt get out of her bed. We stopped using it after a while, no

problem. Since about Dec she has been coming to our room...after many attempts

by me to take her back, she started going to Daddy's side....which he would just

pick her up and put her in our bed. So I tried to explain to him that certainly

wasnt helping lol. I was trying to get her back in her room before the new baby

came, because I didnt want her to wonder why sissy could sleep in there but she

couldnt. I didnt want the baby to wake her up and then have two awake. So here

we are now....and we've started with the gate again. She will get up and call

for me....I will go in there and lay with her until Im sure she is asleep and

then I get up ...sometimes.......she sits straight up and tells me no. When she

is asleep she'll get up a few hrs later and her daddy will go in there and

sometimes he'll lay with her and sometimes he'll carry her to our room. Last

night I ended up carrying her back to our room because it was time to give

Saylor a bottle....she sat up and leaned over the bassinet so I told her to lay

back down and carried Saylor in the living room....and all was fine! I just

wonder how I can keep her in her room, in her bed. I dont mind her sleeping

with us really but I guess in my mind I keep saying, " Im not going to start

that " .

Is there anything I can do or just forget about and she will eventually stay in

there?

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Hi Angie-

Blake (3.5) does the same thing. I'm convinced that it is my fault because *I*

am the one that lets him climb in bed with us.

If I close both doors to our bedroom, I find him the next morning lying in the

hallway by our bedroom door, or in our bathroom by the door that leads to our

bedroom. I hate to think of him lying on the floor all night ...trying to get

in. So, I just leave the doors open so he can come into our room and climb in

bed with us.

Our newly adopted son with DS (2.5) was getting out of his toddler bed (with the

guard rail) and playing with his toys at night! LOL. He's never tried to come

and sleep in our room, but I figure it's just a matter of time before he learns

this from his big brother. Then we'll have 2 little ones kicking us at

night!

It doesn't really bother me because I'm a sound sleeper. But, my hubby gets

pretty frustrated with it. Sometimes if Blake kicks and squirms too much, Jered

will take him back to his room.

I don't really remember my older kids wanting to sleep in my bed when they were

little. But, my sister says her 9-year-old still comes and sleeps on the floor

by her bed every night! LOL

Good Luck!

Schulte

Mom to Ben 15, Brendt 13, Blake 3 w/DS, and 2 w/DS

keeping sydnie in her bed

Ok I need some advice...how in the world can I keep Sydnie (4 next week) in

her bed at night. She used to just get up and lay in the living room, hall way

or tile floor in the kitchen (she loves it I guess because its cool), we used

the gate for a while and it obviously worked by telling her it was the big girl

gate and she couldnt get out of her bed. We stopped using it after a while, no

problem. Since about Dec she has been coming to our room...after many attempts

by me to take her back, she started going to Daddy's side....which he would just

pick her up and put her in our bed. So I tried to explain to him that certainly

wasnt helping lol. I was trying to get her back in her room before the new baby

came, because I didnt want her to wonder why sissy could sleep in there but she

couldnt. I didnt want the baby to wake her up and then have two awake. So here

we are now....and we've started with the gate again. She will get up and call

for me....I will go in there and lay with her until Im sure she is asleep and

then I get up ...sometimes.......she sits straight up and tells me no. When she

is asleep she'll get up a few hrs later and her daddy will go in there and

sometimes he'll lay with her and sometimes he'll carry her to our room. Last

night I ended up carrying her back to our room because it was time to give

Saylor a bottle....she sat up and leaned over the bassinet so I told her to lay

back down and carried Saylor in the living room....and all was fine! I just

wonder how I can keep her in her room, in her bed. I dont mind her sleeping

with us really but I guess in my mind I keep saying, " Im not going to start

that " .

Is there anything I can do or just forget about and she will eventually stay

in there?

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Oh, I forgot to say that I moved back into a crib because of his late

night " toy parties " . I hate to think of him up and around at night without

supervision.

I've heard other parents talk about night time " wandering " . So, I guess we are

lucky Blake comes straight to our bed and doesn't try to go to the neighbors

house! LOL!

Schulte

keeping sydnie in her bed

Ok I need some advice...how in the world can I keep Sydnie (4 next week) in

her bed at night. She used to just get up and lay in the living room, hall way

or tile floor in the kitchen (she loves it I guess because its cool), we used

the gate for a while and it obviously worked by telling her it was the big girl

gate and she couldnt get out of her bed. We stopped using it after a while, no

problem. Since about Dec she has been coming to our room...after many attempts

by me to take her back, she started going to Daddy's side....which he would just

pick her up and put her in our bed. So I tried to explain to him that certainly

wasnt helping lol. I was trying to get her back in her room before the new baby

came, because I didnt want her to wonder why sissy could sleep in there but she

couldnt. I didnt want the baby to wake her up and then have two awake. So here

we are now....and we've started with the gate again. She will get up and call

for me....I will go in there and lay with her until Im sure she is asleep and

then I get up ...sometimes.......she sits straight up and tells me no. When she

is asleep she'll get up a few hrs later and her daddy will go in there and

sometimes he'll lay with her and sometimes he'll carry her to our room. Last

night I ended up carrying her back to our room because it was time to give

Saylor a bottle....she sat up and leaned over the bassinet so I told her to lay

back down and carried Saylor in the living room....and all was fine! I just

wonder how I can keep her in her room, in her bed. I dont mind her sleeping

with us really but I guess in my mind I keep saying, " Im not going to start

that " .

Is there anything I can do or just forget about and she will eventually stay

in there?

[Guest guest]

I wish I had an answer. We have tried everything and (9) still comes

in at night - almost every night. We always walk him back to his bed if we have

not gone to sleep yet ourselves. (That way we can keep TV on and lights, etc.)

But I have gotten to the point that when he comes in to our bed, I leave and go

sleep in his. 's bed has an excellent mattress and soft sheets and I

actually like it in there. I know this is not perfect but it is the best sleep I

have gotten in ages. And is sometimes a noisy sleeper - he often makes

lots of " stimming " noises unconsciously so it is better to be the one to leave.

On bad nights - he goes back and forth between the 2 beds. Although that doesn't

happen often. At some point - I guess when his understanding of " life " is better

- we will have to put our collective feet down but with 3 kids - sleep is really

a priority right now. I wish I could tell you a solution but we have yet to

find one. I will tell you that when I had my youngest (now 3) and she slept with

me at first - it just became my husband's job to take back to bed and get

him to sleep again. Good luck and if you find something that works - share it

with us! in Dallas

keeping sydnie in her bed

Ok I need some advice...how in the world can I keep Sydnie (4 next week) in

her bed at night. She used to just get up and lay in the living room, hall way

or tile floor in the kitchen (she loves it I guess because its cool), we used

the gate for a while and it obviously worked by telling her it was the big girl

gate and she couldnt get out of her bed. We stopped using it after a while, no

problem. Since about Dec she has been coming to our room...after many attempts

by me to take her back, she started going to Daddy's side....which he would just

pick her up and put her in our bed. So I tried to explain to him that certainly

wasnt helping lol. I was trying to get her back in her room before the new baby

came, because I didnt want her to wonder why sissy could sleep in there but she

couldnt. I didnt want the baby to wake her up and then have two awake. So here

we are now....and we've started with the gate again. She will get up a! nd call

for me....I will go in there and lay with her until Im sure she is asleep and

then I get up ...sometimes.......she sits straight up and tells me no. When she

is asleep she'll get up a few hrs later and her daddy will go in there and

sometimes he'll lay with her and sometimes he'll carry her to our room. Last

night I ended up carrying her back to our room because it was time to give

Saylor a bottle....she sat up and leaned over the bassinet so I told her to lay

back down and carried Saylor in the living room....and all was fine! I just

wonder how I can keep her in her room, in her bed. I dont mind her sleeping

with us really but I guess in my mind I keep saying, " Im not going to start

that " .

Is there anything I can do or just forget about and she will eventually stay

in there?

[Guest guest]

Blake *lives* for Sponge Bob and French Fries.

When my older boys outgrew the cartoon theme, I went with a sports theme

(whatever sport they were into) and let them keep a few of their cartoon

favorites around.

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I'm trying to decide what theme to use - I really think cartoon stuff is too

juvenile for him.

[Guest guest]

> I've heard other parents talk about night time " wandering " . So, I guess

we are lucky Blake comes straight to our bed and doesn't try to go to the

neighbors house! LOL!

Oh but Blake is young yet! visited neighbors when he was about 6

years old. He just walked into their home and turned on cartoons

I prefer someone sleep with . It's usually Tim and I sleep on the

couch. Sometimes falls asleep next to me on the love seat. And

sometimes Tim and I get lucky, and sleeps with his sisters or

brother He does sleep better and gets a better nights rest. As far as

wandering in the morning -well Katey woke me up at 530 on Monday to say she

smelled smoke downstairs and I needed to check out the kitchen. I found a

yellow blob of plastic in the toaster oven. I was able to pull it off and

noticed SpongeBob's face on the tray. Sure enough, he cooked his SpongeBob

sandwich container. He had slept with me that night in my bed - but Tim was

out of town and is usually up by 5:00.

Come this September, TJ will be in his own apartment and the room will be

redecorated for . Sure, I have a poster of SpongeBob for on

the wall, but TJ has poster girls galore, football players, liquor ads (with

hot girls) and other pictures that young men have. I'm trying to decide

what theme to use - I really think cartoon stuff is too juvenile for him.

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