Comments on: Rude Awakening

By: Jem

Jem — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:02:44 +0000

I remember I used to be exactly the same, especially after a nightmare…I would be too scared to move, kinda like paralysed with fear. Either that or I’d attempt to scream out for help in my dream to try and make myself wake up at the same time.

By: Bethiclaus

Bethiclaus — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 15:19:48 +0000

Alliclaus doesn’t stay in bed. She did in the beginning, but now she gets up and plays. It kind of rules, because she doesn’t immediately need me, so if I’m feeding the baby or *cough* napping, I can squeeze a few more minutes in before I have to go open her door. We don’t leave crayons in her room because she would most certainly color on the walls, but she still manages to make a mess. Her current favorite things to do are pull all the clothes out of her dresser and attempt to diaper her bunny with every diaper she can find.

By: del

del — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:33:19 +0000

This reminds me of boy-child, we converted his cot to a junior bed when he was 14 months old. For more than a year, he would sit quietly in his bed when he woke, reading or talking to his toys. Eventually he would start asking for breakfast. We did have one interesting encounter of him with a blue texta, that aside, he was fantastic. By the time he was 2 1/2 he knew what a 7 looked like on a digital clock was and that when the clock said 7 he could come downstairs. If he woke early he would sit and play quietly. Boy-child is now 6 and the 7 o’clock rule still applies – it is fantastic.

Girl-child was much harder to contain when she went to a big-bed, but it was no different to her climbing in and out of the cot whenever she wanted too at around 18 months. Eventually she stayed in bed at bed-time and she learnt the 7 o’clock rule, now mornings are almost pleasant.

Don’t get me wrong, we have had our share or early morning dramas and wake ups, but if there is no blood and no monsters then it is straight back to bed. The persistence was well worth it!

Thanks for inspiring me to reminisce about the blue texta on my blog!

By: Mocha

Mocha — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:06:15 +0000

It’s been too long for me to remember that stuff, girl! I’m just now getting the point where I can sleep in and I’m reveling in it.

Bring me that baby so I can cuddle, though. It’ll give you time to sleep.

By: Another Jenn

Another Jenn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 00:15:13 +0000

My 7 year old yells for her daddy in the morning and will not get out of bed. I predict she’ll be 16 and still lay in bed and call daddy. She’s never been a child to get out of bed on her own ambition. Honestly, who can blame them with all these awsome bed linens and build a bears. Last night took the cake, she was ignored so she plopped her big 7 year old body inbetween her father and I. Ugh.

By: Amy Jo

Amy Jo — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 23:43:09 +0000

My son, who is a little younger than NikkiZ, realized from day one that he could get out of his bed, even though he never once tried to escape his crib. It kind of sucks. We thoroughly toddler-proofed his room and put a gate in front of his door when he goes to bed. Before the gate, he would sneak into the baby’s room and wake her up.

Good luck!

By: RisibleGirl

RisibleGirl — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 22:46:44 +0000

My future grandbaby (in one month, exactly- due to my son marrying his mom) is four and he has the invisible barrier. I’ve never heard of this before, but sure enough when he spends the night here, he will NOT get out of bed until someone comes to get him unless it’s to go to the bathroom (which I appreciate!).

My DIL tells me that she trained him to do that. He’s an unusually well behaved child, in that he’ll even put himself into time out when he thinks he’s done something wrong.

I have a feeling that their next child is going to be a hellion, just to balance things out.

By: Moogie

Moogie — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 21:02:33 +0000

I had forgotten about that until your brought it up in this post . When I think about it, both of the girls stayed in their beds until we came. Just like NikkiZ they called us. I’m not sure when it ended but it must have been at a good age because I don’t remember it so it must have been fine. Of course, that might just be the lack of brain cells talking.

By: Jerri Ann

Jerri Ann — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:46:21 +0000

My kids are in the bed with us but..they rarely wake in the middle of the night…very very rarely. Like…once in the last 6 months….watch tonight, they’ll wear me out waking up just because I said that

By: shannon

shannon — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 20:38:10 +0000

My daughter has been in a “big girl bed” since she was a 2 1/2. She just started getting out of her bed on her own about 3 months ago — and she’s 5 1/2 now.