Hello everyone! Well, school has started! (I guess it started a month ago really and I am just a little behind on this post!) Jazmyn is back at the same WONDERFUL preschool where she went last year. She goes 3 days a week for 2 and a half hours each day. She absolutely LOVED it last year but has had some trouble getting into the swing of things this year. She has cried everyday that I have taken her UNTIL YESTERDAY!!!! YAY!!!!!!
It was breaking my heart when she didn't want to go or when she didn't want me to leave. However, then her teacher and I decided we felt like it was more of an attention thing, (seeing as once I leave she ABSOLUTELY loves being there), so we sort of brushed it off. Monday I just (as hard as it was) totally ignored her emotional meltdown and pryed her off of me....and well yesterday she jumped in line and went to her room with her class. I think its been a combination of : having mommy all to herself all summer with no daycare kids, still clingy from mommy's surgery, and new classmates (that are all just turning 4 and are all TINY!).
Tomorrow is her snack day which means she will be the leader all day, gets to bring the snack for everyone, and also gets to share some family pictures! She is VERY excited for tomorrow so hopefully this will be the beginning of another GREAT year!
I was very proud of Jazmyn. The first day of school they had to bring their fish filled in with their favorite things...she was the only one in all of the 4 year old class to hand write hers by herself! You can click on the picture below to enlarge it, she is standing next to her fishy! She did such a great job!!!
Here are her responses:
My favorite color is: "Pink"
I like to eat: "Rice Krispies"
I like to play: "Babies"
My favorite story is: "Spongebob" (thanks to daddy!)
I feel happy when: "Mommy and Daddy give me snuggles."
At preschool, I want to: "Learn"
Spending time with DADDY....probably watching Spongebob! AARRRGGGHHHH!!!
There has been a never ending struggle in our house...its called bedtime. I have never allowed Jazmyn to sleep in our bed, but we haven't been the most structured about bed. (I think I need Brandon and Lezlie to come help us! I am so proud of well you have done with MAYA!!) Jazmyn usually ends up sleeping all night in the living room, in the recliner or on the couch. Occasionally after she falls asleep we move her to her bed, but it seems like when she is in her bed she ends up crowding us out of OUR bed by 3 or 4 in the morning. I usually still sit, read a book or two and rock her to sleep. Ever since my brain surgery I have had a much later bedtime for myself since I am no longer babysitting. I find myself looking at the clock at 11:00 pm and saying, "OH MY goodness, I've got to get Jazzy to bed!" Am I horrible to have my 5 year old up that late?!?!? We both enjoy sleeping in, but next year is school at 8 am!Hmmmm....HELP!!! She doesn't like to sleep in her bed at all, and I've never made her go to bed on her own. I'm sure she can....but hmmmm...how long will it take me to get her into that routine!!????
Here she is just crashing out on the couch. It was only around 10 pm, actually early for us. Poor baby! Look at that sweet little face!
Here she is sitting at the table (with her kitty, Coconut) playing on her learning laptop around 10 pm again....Hohumm.....what to do....... Poor little thing! She really has never liked to sleep, even as a baby. I need some pointers on how to get her to successfully go in to her room, read a story and say her prayers with mommy, then actually stay there without ME...and simply go to sleep. That would be so nice!! But I want her to enjoy it too and not scream and cry for me. Please help us!!!! LOL!!!!
Here she is sitting at the table (with her kitty, Coconut) playing on her learning laptop around 10 pm again....Hohumm.....what to do....... Poor little thing! She really has never liked to sleep, even as a baby. I need some pointers on how to get her to successfully go in to her room, read a story and say her prayers with mommy, then actually stay there without ME...and simply go to sleep. That would be so nice!! But I want her to enjoy it too and not scream and cry for me. Please help us!!!! LOL!!!!
Have a great week everyone!! I can't wait to hear YOUR brilliant ideas!!!! Who wants to move in with me for a while and get our bedtime struggles conquered!! LOL!!!
2 comments:
So I get a lot of my ideas from other moms, there are a few blogs I follow. Here is a link to one mom's strategy for getting her boys to sleep... http://www.mycharmingkids.net/2009/09/updates.html
I am also a fan of Love and Logic, you should be able to get some of their books from the library (or audio books if you are like me and you need to be able to multi task) They have an interesting take on raising responsible kids, it is used in a lot of classrooms and comes highly recommended by my SIL, parents as teacher lady, and a few others too numerous to mention. For infant sleep I can't sing high enough praises for Babywise! Good Luck
So, first off, we found out after years and years of struggle that Brenton had/has ADHD which can make it next to impossible for kids to relax and sleep. Not saying that that is part of your issue but just something to look out for. He was restless, nervous and nothing seemed to help. We tried putting a tv in his room thinking it would lull him to sleep. Nope! He'd stay up all night watching it.
I went through a lot of sleepless nights forcing him to stay in his own bed. He was a horrible sleeper from the time he was born. Refused to sleep in a crib, slept for the first six months in a swing. When he was a little baby we let him sleep with us. Around one year old we started the transition. It went horrible! I slept on his floor for a while. Then we tried making him go to sleep in his bed at least and let him get in bed with us in the middle of the night. Finally, when I got pregnant with Isaiah I just decided to stop it all together. It took about a year of getting up about every hour and putting him back in his own bed. He still had some issues retraining his body to stay asleep. It wasn't until last year that he was able to sleep in his own bed all night. I give thanks to his medication, to his age and to myself for going through hell with him for 10 years. It will be a long road but my advise to you is START NOW!!! Tony wasn't much help with it so I kind of had to deal with it on my own. I guess he didn't understand why it was an issue. I guarrentee he does now!
Something that helps Brenton now that he can read to himself is sending him to bed 30 min early and having him read. Having a set schedual is really important for Brenton too. If his schedual gets messed up so does his sleeping.
I'm not saying we don't have set backs but things are a lot better now.
I hope this helps. People don't know how horrible it can be to have a kid that has trouble sleeping. They just think it's the parents fault. I'm here to say that's not always the case. There can be medical reasons that actually prevent a kid from being able to sleep. It's not that they don't want to, which looks to be the case with Jasmin, since she can fall asleep every where but her bed, it's just that they can't relax on there own. Sometimes they have to be taught how. Good Luck!! Let me know if I can offer anything else. I'm full of ideas! Good and Bad.
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