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<blockquote data-quote="Christy" data-source="post: 154689" data-attributes="member: 225"><p>Frustrating!</p><p></p><p>Sounds like a combination of the medication and a power struggle. Is it possible to give the medication any earlier in the day to help get it out of the system before bedtime? You may already do this, but have a calming down period before bed. A bubblebath, a healthy snack, a bedtime book, have a last call before bedtime when difficult child can choose his animals, get his drinks, take care of all the stall tactics, and then make it clear that after that no getting out of bed. Make the focus staying in bed rather than falling asleep. Stand your ground. If he truely can't sleep allow him to listen to soft music or a book on CD Let him play with his stuffed animals in bed. Stress that it is quiet play. My difficult child often has long conversations with his stuffed animals at night or acts out a story with them. As long as he is in bed resting that works for me.</p><p></p><p>Another possibility, and I fought this for a long time before giving in to husband. A TV in the room. Sometimes if difficult child is wired after a crazy day and we haven't been able to wind down. We allow him to watch an appropriate dvd (something without much action and nothing scary). It saves us a fight and more often than not, difficult child is sound asleep long before the end of the movie.</p><p></p><p>I understand what others are saying about keeping the house quiet but I would be reluctant to modify my activities too much as these precious hours betweeen difficult child's bedtime and ours is the only downtime husband and I have. </p><p></p><p>Good luck!</p><p>Christy</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Christy, post: 154689, member: 225"] Frustrating! Sounds like a combination of the medication and a power struggle. Is it possible to give the medication any earlier in the day to help get it out of the system before bedtime? You may already do this, but have a calming down period before bed. A bubblebath, a healthy snack, a bedtime book, have a last call before bedtime when difficult child can choose his animals, get his drinks, take care of all the stall tactics, and then make it clear that after that no getting out of bed. Make the focus staying in bed rather than falling asleep. Stand your ground. If he truely can't sleep allow him to listen to soft music or a book on CD Let him play with his stuffed animals in bed. Stress that it is quiet play. My difficult child often has long conversations with his stuffed animals at night or acts out a story with them. As long as he is in bed resting that works for me. Another possibility, and I fought this for a long time before giving in to husband. A TV in the room. Sometimes if difficult child is wired after a crazy day and we haven't been able to wind down. We allow him to watch an appropriate dvd (something without much action and nothing scary). It saves us a fight and more often than not, difficult child is sound asleep long before the end of the movie. I understand what others are saying about keeping the house quiet but I would be reluctant to modify my activities too much as these precious hours betweeen difficult child's bedtime and ours is the only downtime husband and I have. Good luck! Christy [/QUOTE]
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