Bedtime Spankings: Bent Over!

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And then this morning, when the housekeeper came in to wake me up and bring me my morning coffee, I really snarled at her.

We were exhausted, our marriage was showing the wear of long-term sleep deprivation and two kids under two! For some kids, especially those who have seen the ups and downs of their parents' efforts, the road to healthy sleep is a long one. Early bedtime is a traditional punishment; some modern psychologists recommend not to use it because bedtime and sleep should not be associated with punishment.

I am Not an advocate for spanking to sleep it’s awful this was just limit pushing getting a reaction out of me. We discussed, dictated, threatened, bartered, good cop/bad cop'd and pleaded until mom (her turn tonight) and daughter got into bed and I went out to finish mowing lawn at 830 pm like a weirdo. Early bedtime is sometimes given as an additional punishment to a spanking or other form of punishment. Since then, she refuses to go to sleep unless one of us waits for her to fall asleep and then she is out of bed and in our room trying to get into our bed.

This went on several times during the course of each game until one day, my OWN curiosity knocked me in the head! When my older kids were preschool age they got a swat here and there if they repeatedly for out of bed for the sole propose of delaying sleep.He has a bit of a problem with having meltdowns that are intense and prolonged and that he doesn't seem to be able to control, and he's always responded a lot better to talking and reasoning than any kind of force; in fact sternly talking to him and granting him one request followed by going to bed will work about 50% of the time, but it's the other 50% that are a problem. I have a 3 and 5 yo and they sleep in the same room in bunk beds and one sleeps better than the other. On top of all that, once she does fall asleep she is up 3 or 4 times during the night and will just scream and cry out.

When you act frustrated, resort to yelling, threats or spanking, even though it’s negative attention it’s still attention, and he inherently feels like he’s gained some ground. Hi there – I know this is an old post but I would love to know if I’m this ‘up the anty’ situation – once you’ve had to put up the gate, so you come to him when he gets out of bed or do you stay out is sight and leave him to cry?He could feel the tears still running down his face when he heard his mom sigh softly as she settled in the chair next to his bedside to read him a story before lights out. She has been writing for over ten years and likes to focus on situations and events that immerse the reader in the scene. Hence, we have the scenario my cousin regularly encounters, with yawning children who have been allowed to stay up way too late – and to watch television programmes entirely unsuitable for them. The site is down for important maintenance and will be back up and running, without the recent deluge of SPAM, on Sunday December 24th.