Hello everyone. Tried to read through the boards, but didn't see one like this...so here I am posting my question...I'm sure it has been asked before somewhere...but I couldn't find it! (Sorry)..
Well, we have a good routine and DS knows when sleepy time is coming, but since we started potty training, this past week, he has started to give me , what i call 'excuses' for not sleeping...
Our routine, consists of at nap time - me reading about 5 stories, and then i say goodnight and close the door (there is some baby music on)....and usu. he will cry for like 10 seconds, and either start talking and then sleep or he will sleep off almost immediately.
for bedtime, he has his milk, and i read stories and then 5 more stories after his milk is done. i say goodnight and close the door...and there is a nightlight and again the baby music is on....and same story...usu. he will either cry for a short time and then sleep off.
But, this past week....at bed time, he will tell me, 'poopy diaper'...and i will check and not see any poopy...and then sometimes he will say 'poopy diaper coming'....and i will wait and sometimes it comes, and other times it doesn't. Of course, if there is poopy diaper coming, I will wait for him to finish, change him and then continue on with the process. But, sometimes he doesn't go,...but will continue saying it.
Then tonight...after the poopy diaper episode (where he actually did go poopy), he said, 'bathroom...spit' (for vomiting), so i thought maybe his tummy wasn't feeling well, so i took him to the bathroom and he spit in the sink....no vomiting...just trying to gather up spit and he spit....then we went back, i put him down, and then he told me again the same thing...so i took him back to the bathroom and i put water in his mouth to swish around and spit out....one more time we went back, and again he told me...this time i told him the bathroom door got locked, and we had to wait until daddy woke up in the morning to fix it....then he showed me his finger and said....'need bandaid'..... i think that was the last straw...and i unfortunately shouted and told him to lie down or i wasn't going to read any stories....(not like i hadn't said that through the course of all this action this evening) .
First of all - I truly admire and can appreciate the wisdom that this little one possesses...and I think the only reason why I am irritated is that I have to be smarter than him and figure it out....
I know he is using excuses now to not go to bed, but he IS tired and does sleep...but is trying his level best to get out of the room, out of the crib.....
Help!!! Any experienced Moms out there who have dealt with such resistance to sleeping using excuses?
Please help me be a smarter mom!
I am be outwitted by my 2 year old!
Thanks ahead of time.
