Strange Child

Bizzy wrote: ok i asked my mum and she said i wasnt as coherent or aware as i was when awake. she also had some advice when i told her what elle does. so from my mother: put her back to bed and tell her its not play time and do it repeatedly until she got the message. and if you are awake anyway then you have nothing to lose really. mum said too that she may have been getting too much sleep thru the day so was waking at night then it became a habit to wake and party....and in her opinion kids make habits really easily but it is very hard for us parents to break them. she also suggested taking out all toys and if she turns on her light then making sure she cant, perhaps even by removing the bulb.

Thanks Deb. However Elle doesn't get up or even sit up (so I can't put her back to bed as she is already in bed, tucked up, no lights on), doesn't play with any toys (it is all in her imagination). The less sleep she has in the day the more she is awake at night.

Lately we've been putting her down to nap at 1.30 or 2 then getting her up at 4 or so and she's been sleeping through. It seems at the moment that the longer and later the nap the better she sleeps. Long may it continue.