How do I keep my 5 year old in bed at night?

Question

My 5 year old keeps waking up at night. My kids share a room so she ends up waking my 9 month old. What do I do?

Answer 1

you have you get to the root of the problem.

why is your 5 year old waking up in the middle of the night?

are you making them take a nap mid-day, that may not be needed anymore?

I am 99% sure, and willing to bet that is the problem.

stop making the kid take a nap in the afternoon, and you'll get some sleep yourself as well.

when all else fails, you might have to bust some *** too.

kids respect spankings. Thats how many of them LEARN

"respect" and regardless of what anyone thinks or says, 5 years old isn't too young ( and no kid is too good) for a few swats on the rump.

i'm not saying beat your kids *** because they won't sleep, but if you get the source of the problem and treat it, and theres still a problem, its likely that your child is just not listening and being anti-authoritive.

Kids like that end up in jail, pregnant, on drugs, or dead later on in life. walking around with their hands out, thinking the world owes them something.

Do your best not to raise another little a*****e.

the world is tipping with way too many as it is.

Answer 2

Well, I was at my friends house a few years ago, and she had a 4 year old son, and my friends sister in law kept on putting the boy to bed, but he kept on trying her patience, so after about four times of him keeping on coming in the living room, and threatining he was gonna get a whoopin if he didnt stop, she spanked his butt with a hair brush.  It seemed to do the job, because he didnt come out acting foolish anymore.  Some kids are just stuborn, but dont worry you just gotta break that.  Hope this helps :)

Answer 3

First, why is she waking up?? Is there any complaining? If it's just lack of sleep on her behalf- does she nap in the afternoon? If so, don't let her nap during the day, so she'll sleep all night.  But, you have to analyze more. Is it recent, since your newborn, etc.?

Answer 4

i got a 5 year old gets up[ in the night and wakes every 1 up i dunt no what 2 do tryed everything with him and it does not work  

Answer 5

Is your 5 yr. old having sugar within a few hours of bedtime? Sugar is really bad to have before bedtime because the blood sugar drops a few hours later and then you wake up feeling really hungry. Having sugar before bedtime is almost a guarantee that you're going to wake up in the middle of the night.

Also, anything that has caffeine in it is really bad - chocolate for instance is both sugar and caffeine, which would definitely wake them up.

Having too many liquids before bedtime might be causing her to wake up to go to the bathroom..

I've always found the good old stand by the best - milk - makes most people sleepy.

Also, if she does have an evening snack, you may want to give her something that is not too spicy, that has tryptophan in it - turkey is an example of a food with tryptophan

These are foods high in the sleep-inducing amino acid tryptophan:

Dairy products: cottage cheese, cheese, milk

Soy products: soy milk, tofu, soybean nuts

Seafood

Meats

Poultry

Whole grains

Beans

Rice

Hummus

Lentils

Hazelnuts, Peanuts

Eggs

Sesame seeds, sunflower seeds  

Answer 6

Give them activities !

Take her to the park and get her

tired as h**l, dnt let her sit there and watch tv

limit the things she gets to eat ...

Get her used to going to walk, to the park ..

etc ..... nothing bout o no i dont want to ...

who s the parent ???

  

Answer 7

well, your 5 year old is old enough to understand that when she wakes up, she NEEDS to be quiet, and if she doesn't, and she ends up waking other people up, there will be consequences. I used to wake up really early when I was younger, and I knew to be quiet or I'd be in trouble (but I was an only child so I'd pretty much just hang out in my room and entertain myself). So first, practice doing things quietly (opening the bedroom door perhaps). Make a game out of it during the day. Next, have some toys set aside in another room (preferably as far away from the other bedrooms as possible) so that when she does wake up early she'll have something to do other than wake up other people. If she gets tired enough she'll fall back asleep. There really is no way to make her go back to sleep (It'll probably be more trouble than it's worth), so just make sure she knows that whenever she wakes up she just needs to stay quiet and be respectful of her family that is still sleeping or there will be consequences (taking toys away, time out, no tv, etc). Good luck mama! :-D

Answer 8

maybe try having bed time at 930 once, she is sensing day too soon...

Answer 9

I liked Missa's idea, I agree, your child knows that she needs to be quiet.  

I also liked her idea of putting aside some books to read quietly or quiet toys.  I'm not sure I would allow my child to leave the room, or only allow her to leave to go to my room where I would have some blankets & a pillow on the floor by my bed where she could lay down or play quietly.

So, I would review with her the two choices she has if she wakes, either lay quietly or play quietly in her bed or on the blanket by my bed.  What works with my son is when I discuss something with him when we are both calm & it's not the issue of the moment.  Then I will remind him of the conversation (Remember we talked this morning that you were going to stay quiet tonight & what will happen if you do and if you don't?)

I would also have consequences for both the good and the bad behavior.  Reward her for not waking anyone (stickers, an extra scoop of ice cream, etc...) and then a appropriate punishment should she wake ANYONE.  Take away a privilege or make a restrictions on an activity she enjoys...

Good luck!

Answer 10

Night light? Teddy bear? Something to make him/her feel safe

Answer 11

put a tv in their room and leave it on when its time to sleep

Answer 12

I feel your pain! My 5 year old is the same.

She has a night light, she has teddies, we leave the hallway light on, and she still gets up because shes scared!

No advice for you, just sympathy. Hopefully they outgrow it like I did when I was a kid! :)

Answer 13

Make sure your 5 year old goes to bed on time

Tell the 5 year old to try his/her best to fall asleep

Read the 5 year old a bedtime story and hopefully then theyd be tired

i hope i helped

Answer 14

buy a little night light, and leave it on at night.

Talk to your child, and make sure that everything is okay with her (when its dark and she goes to sleep.)

just reinsure her that there's nothing to be scared of, and make sure to buy a night light, and leave it on until you go to sleep, or the 5 year old child falls asleep.

Its a long tiring process,

but you'll get there in the end.

Good Luck.

,Katerini.

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