Bedtime

It is always a little crazy around here. We have a child that goes right to sleep, a teenager(that is enough description), and one that fights it completely. We spend many nights having to go up stairs numerous times every night to put him back to bed, argue about anything and everything, and explain why he doesn't need another _____(fill in the blank). Pat and I have come up with a solution, maybe??? We are going to spend the first ten-twenty minutes after we have turned off the lights, upstairs doing whatever so that there is no temptation to get out of bed. So we tried it for the past two nights, it was successful kind of. The first night was amusing but frustrating, we shut his door because he came out and then he spent the next 20 minutes talking, whining, yelling, crying and screaming to us. We heard how he was sorry, then he wasn't sorry, that it was the worst night ever, he loved us, he just wanted to talk to us, he missed us, and many more. We have learned that if you don't talk to him then he stops sooner rather then later so it was amusing to sit in the hall and just listen to the things he thinks about while trying to get our attention. Last night went much smoother and he went right to sleep but I think that might be because it was just him and I at home so he wasn't missing much, never the less, I take that as a victory! Tonight will be the next challenge and I will stay positive and say we have started a new trend!