Threenagers!!!!! WTH

[beenandgone]

Anyone know how to teach my three year old that waking his younger siblings is NOT the appropriate way to end nap time?

Signed,

The desperate, sleep-deprived mommy with now 2 crying, over-tired toddlers who will not go back to sleep.

[pinkie]

We have a sound machine in with our little guy and a toddler door knob cover so our Feb 13 kid can't go into his room.

Sorry your kids won't sleep!!

[beenandgone]

I have a sound machine, and knob covers, buy 3nager pulls the covers off. He is being deliberate and malicious in his intent. It's not like he's slipping in and they happen to wake up. He runs up to their cribs and screams, "It's time to wake up!"

[brachysira]

My kids love to wake each other up. Not meanly, just like, hey, time to get up to play. Now, why you would want to wake up someone who will be kicking you in the face in five minutes is beyond me, but they hate to be awake without the other one awake too. Plus, Feb child is such a screamer that she often wakes up DS when she doesn't mean to...no advice except put them in the stroller or car so they can go back to sleep.

[crimsonandclover]

That would make me so angry. DD1 used to do that sometimes with DD2, but it wasn't malicious and we just had to be very clear that she was to first come downstairs and not run into her sister's room to wake her up.

[wineandcake]

Mac has done that a few times - usually if I say were going to do something he's excited for after Hunter wakes up. The best way around it for me is to tell him we're doing special/fun things while Hunter is sleeping. Usually he gets a special treat that the baby isn't allowed to have, play outside, build a Fort, or watch a movie. Now that he understands how miserable baby is when he gets woken up its getting less frequent. If only I could keep him quiet in the morning but that seems impossible since they share a room and he likes to wake brother as soon as he opens his eyes.

[creepyeyeball]

I can't keep the nearly nine year old, let alone three year old, from running through the house screaming and waking up the baby from his naps. It makes me furious. No help here.

Luckily my older boys are old enough now that I have instituted a rule - you wake the baby and he is your problem until I finish whatever I was doing or planning to do during naps. Tonight DS1 had to entertain the baby while I made dinner because he ran in the house yelling and woke the baby. I count on naps to get stuff done. I get irate when their shenanigans screw up my plans!!!

[beenandgone]

The worst part of everything today was that I woke up with the WORST toothache. I broke a tooth several months ago, but didn't have dental coverage, or a dentist who would fix it. Well, the broken part of course, developed a cavity, and today I had it pulled.

So I've got cranky children who didn't get any naps, a threenager who is jumping on beds trying to keep the entire house awake,. And now that the novacaine has worn off, a throbbing hole in my mouth.

Today needs to be over like yesterday.