
My favorite part of the day used to be when it was time for my kids bedtime. I mean I would count down the hours, minutes and even seconds (not even kidding!) because their bedtime wouldn’t come fast enough. They would go to bed with no ifs or buts, they would fall asleep pretty fast and then I was free again. Free to do whatever the heck I wanted to do, like free to be an adult and watch favorite shows on Netflix other than Daniel the tiger, you know the fun behind the scenes of being a parent.
Then they started talking, they started being curious and learned the power of being annoying to the point where I just give in on them. They learned the power of asking questions and then my life was doomed. Haha! just kidding but kind of not kidding at the same time, you get me. Now I dread their bedtime, I dread it because of everything those little cute monster put this poor women through. I honestly do not look forward to their bedtime because they make me work and by the time they are actually in bed, I am too lazy and tired and all I want is for them to snooze off immediately like nobody’s business.
Bedtime is a horror for most if not all of us moms, if you have toddlers and older kids that is. I mean it’s like a marathon trying to get my three kids (ages 6 and 2) all in bed at the same time and quiet because these kids can talk (they took after my mother in-law, I’m just saying). Now I don’t even watch my favorite t.v shows, or listen to songs other than Frozen or Barney or even eat the baked cookies that I hide from them during the day. You know what I do? I fall asleep with them or even before them! Yup. #wildandcrazymommyhere #mykidsstolemycoolness.
Things kids say and do to avoid their bedtime:
They are thirsty
This one never fails. My 6 year old knows that every night she always has something to drink before she goes to bed. Suspiciously enough, she ask for a drink well after everyone is in bed and the lights are off because she “remembered” that she wants water. My twins need their drink as well and so they have a little game called ” let’s see who annoys mommy the most” by asking for their drink and then giving it to me saying that they don’t want anymore, followed by ” I want my sippy cup because I am dying of thirst” 2 minutes later.
They are hungry
If your kids are not thirsty they are most likely hungry, am I right? One night my 6 year old told me that she was hungry and so I told her that she is going to have to wait until her brother and sister fall asleep. I thought that by the time the twins fell asleep, she would be sleeping too, wrong! That little girl was wide awake and so I had no choice but to give her food (cereal with milk). Mind you that I gave all three of my kids a snack before their bedtime.
Unnecessary Bathroom breaks
Kids love to avoid their bedtime at all costs even if it means to go to the bathroom 50 times just so they can stay awake a little longer. My kids are no exception to this, specially my baby boy (2 years old). He is the mastermind of “needing” to use the bathroom and he does it so well. He cries and begs 100 times that he needs to use his potty and 99 percent of the time, it’s a lie. My 6 year old daughter is sometimes victim of this too, she can be laying in her bed and all of a sudden she tells me that she needs to go to the bathroom to clean her nose. Very odd and suspicious if you ask me.
Wanting to read more than one book
I love to read books to my kids before they go to sleep, it’s fun and we love it. What is not fun is the fact that they want to read more than one book, they want to read more and more books and then some more books and oh wait one more book after that. It’s a struggle and I don’t like it, I get tired by the third book and I stop reading after that. They think they can out smart the master, which they do!
They need a toy to sleep with
Many kids sleep with a toy to make them feel safe and comfortable while they sleep. My 6 year old daughter has three different toys, she has a small teddy bear, a medium sized Olaf (from the movie Frozen) and a life size doll bigger than her and I think even bigger than me. That girl is practically falling off from her own bed. My twins on the other hand have a different toy every night to sleep with, which means we have to find a toy for each from their messy toy box. My son wants to sleep with all of his 50 cars, so when I tell him to just pick one, he takes about 30 minutes deciding on which one to get.
Bedtime equals playtime
For some reason the minute I tell my kids that it’s time for them to go to sleep, they decide that they need to play with toys that they haven’t played with in weeks. They always tell me “just one more minute” or “I am not done playin yet” it’s a battle trying to get them in their bed. Forget about it if they just got a new toy because they want to stay all night partying it up with it. They even run back and forth from our apartment so I won’t catch them and by the time I do, it feels like I just ran a half marathon.
They want their dad
Anything not to go to sleep right? My 6 year old daughter loves to use “I want to sleep with daddy” excuse for her not to go to sleep. She sometimes cries as if I was torturing her just so that her dad can be with her, yes, she tried it! Most of the time my hubby stays with her until she falls asleep and guess what happens? He falls asleep himself haha! We are getting old people.
Conversation
Don’t you find it weird that during bedtime your kids have one thousand things to say to you. It’s unbelievable, just take my 6 year old for example, that little girl can talk! During her bedtime she wants to talk about everything that happened in school that day, what she ate for lunch, what kind of shenanigans her friends did in school and so on. I do not mind her telling me all of this, I love it actually but I much rather her tell me when I asked her 7 hours ago after I picked her up from school. I always ask her how was school and she always replies ” it went great” and yes she tells me a few interesting things about her day, but boy during bedtime she just pulls off all the details, like drink some water before your throat dries up from all that talking.
Kids are always trying to avoid their bedtime at all costs because bedtime is the worst thing that can ever happen to them. The world is trying to get them and us parents are the evil monsters that want to see their kids sleep. Sleep is a beautiful thing kids just ask us moms who haven’t had a good night sleep since you were born!
What are some of the things that your kids do to avoid their bedtime?
Have a great day, till next time!
*Spanish*
Mi parte favorita del día solía ser cuando era la horade mis hijos acostarse. Me refiero a que contaba las horas, minutos y segundos (incluso ni siquiera es bromiando!) Porque su hora de dormir no llegaba lo suficientemente rápido. Ellos se hiban a la cama sin ningún problema, se dormian bastante rápido y entonces yo estaba libre de nuevo. Libre de hacer lo que quería hacer, al igual que la libertad de ser un adulto y ver programas de adulto en Netflix, usted sabe la diversión detrás de las escenas de ser padre.
Entonces empezaron a hablar, empezaron a ser curiosos y aprendieron el poder de molestar al punto en que me me rindo sobre ellos. Ellos aprendieron el poder de hacer preguntas y entonces mi vida estaba condenada. ¡Jaja! es broma, pero un poco no es broma, al mismo tiempo, tu sabes. Ahora ni quiero que llegue su hora de dormir, me da miedo, porque de todo lo que los pequeño monstruo lindos ponen a esta pobre mujer através. Sinceramente, no tengo ganas de su hora de dormir porque me hacen trabajar y cuando el momento de su hora de dormir viene, yo estoy demasiado perezoso y cansada y lo único que quiero es que se duerman tan rapido y sin esfuerzo como nadie.
La hora de dormir es un horror para la mayoría, si no todas nosotras las madres, si tienes niños pequeños y niños de más edad. Quiero decir que es como una maratón tratando de conseguir que mis tres hijos (de 6 y 2 años) que esten todos en la cama al mismo tiempo y calladitos, ya que estos niños pueden hablar (lo cogieron de mi suegra, sólo digo). Ahora ni siquiera veo mis programas favoritos, no escucho canciones que no sean de Frozen o Barney o incluso comer las galletas horneadas que escono de ellos durante el día. Ya sabes lo que hago? Me duermo con ellos o incluso aveces antes que ellos! Sip. #mishijosmerobaronmicool.
Cosas que los niños dicen y hacen para evitar su hora de dormer:
Tienen sed
Éste nunca falla. Mis hija de 6 años sabe que todas las noches ella siempre tiene algo de beber antes de irse a la cama. Es bastante sospechoso que me pida una bebida bien después de que todo el mundo está en la cama y las luces están apagadas porque ella se “recordó” que queria agua. Mis mellizos necesitan su bebida tambien, así y así que tienen un pequeño juego llamado “vamos a ver quién molesta a Mami más” al pedir su bebida y luego dándomela a mí diciendo que ellos no quieren más, seguido de “Quiero que mi bebida porque me estoy muriendo de sed “2 minutos más tarde.
Tienen hambre
Si sus hijos no tienen sed lo más probable es que van a tener hambre, estoy en lo cierto? Una noche, mi hija de 6 años me dijo que tenía hambre y por eso le dijo que ella va a tener que esperar hasta que su hermano y su hermana se duermen. Pensé que cuando los mellizos se durmieran, ella estaría durmiendo tambien, Equivocada! Esa niña estaba completamente despierta y así que no tuve más remedio que darle comida (cereal con leche). Eso sí que me le di a mis tres hijos un aperitivo antes de la hora de acostarse.
Ir al baño innecesariamente
Los niños les encanta evitar su hora de dormir a toda costa, incluso si eso significa ir al baño 50 veces sólo para que puedan permanecer despierto un poco más. Mis hijos no son una excepción a esto, especialmente mi bebé (2 años). Él es el autor intelectual de “necesitar” ir al baño y lo hace tan bien. Llora y suplica 100 veces que necesita usar su orinal y el 99 por ciento del tiempo, es una mentira. Mi hija de 6 años es a veces víctima de esto también, ella puede estar acostada en su cama y, de repente, me dice que tiene que ir al baño para limpiar la nariz. Muy extraño y sospechoso si usted me pregunta.
Con ganas de leer más de un libro
Me encanta leerle libros a mis hijos antes de ir a dormir, es divertido y nos encanta. Lo que no es divertido es el hecho de que quieren leer más de un libro, que quieren leer más y más libros y algo más delibros y oh espera un libro más después de eso. Es una lucha y no me gusta, me canso por el tercer libro y dejo de leerle después de eso. Ellos piensan que pueden salir inteligente del maestro, lo que si son!
Necesitan un juguete para dormir
Muchos niños duermen con un juguete para que se sientan seguros y cómodos mientras duermen. Mi hija de 6 años tiene tres diferentes juguetes, ella tiene un pequeño oso de peluche, un Olaf (de la película Frozen) mediano y una muñeca de tamaño natural más grande que ella y creo que incluso más grande que yo. Esa chica está prácticamente cayendose de su propia cama. Mis mellizoss, por otra parte tienen un juguete diferente cada noche para dormir, lo que significa que tenemos que encontrar un juguete para cada uno de la caja de juguetes desordenado. Mi hijo quiere dormir con todos sus 50 carritos, por lo que cuando le digo que elija uno, tarda unos 30 minutos para decidir sobre cuál quiere.
La hora de dormir es igual a la hora del recreo
Por alguna razón el momento en que les digo a mis hijos que es hora de que se vayan a dormir, ellos deciden que necesitan jugar con los juguetes que no han jugado con en semanas. Siempre me dicen “apenas un minuto más” o “no he terminado de jugar todavia” es una batalla tratando de conseguir que vayan a su cama. Olvidense si se acaba de recibir un juguete nuevo porque quieren permanecer toda la noche de fiestajugando con él. Incluso corren para arriba y para abajo en nuestro apartamento, para que yo los coja y cuando lo hago, se siente como que acabe de correr un medio maratón.
Ellos quieren a padre
Cualquier cosa para no dormer, verdad?? Mi hija de 6 años le encanta usar “Quiero dormir con papá” excusa para que no irse a dormir. A veces llora como si yo la estaba torturando sólo para que su padre puede estar con ella, sí, lo intentó! La mayoría de las veces mi marido se queda con ella hasta que se duerme y adivinen lo que sucede? Se duerme el mismo jaja! nos estamos poniendo viejos.
Conversación
¿No te parece raro que durante la hora de dormir a sus hijos tienen mil cosas que decirle a usted. Es increíble, acaba de tomar a mi hija de 6 años, por ejemplo, que la niña puede hablar! Durante su hora de dormir ella quiere hablar sobre todo lo que pasó en la escuela ese día, lo que comío para el almuerzo, ¿qué tipo de travesuras hicieron sus amigas en la escuela y así sucesivamente. No me importa que ella me diga todo esto, me encanta pero en lugar de ella dicirme cuando le preguntó a se 7 horas antes cuando la recogi de la escuela. Siempre le pregunto cómo le fue en la escuela y ella siempre responde “que fue muy bien” y sí, me dice algunas cosas interesantes acerca de su día, pero chico durante la hora de acostarse ella se roba el show con todos los detalles, como beber un poco de agua antes de que su garganta se seque de tanto hablar.
Los niños siempre están tratando de evitar su hora de dormir a toda costa, ya la hora de dormir es lo peor que le puede suceder a ellos. El mundo está en contra de ellos y nosotros, los padres somos los monstruos del mal que quieren ver su niños dormir. El sueño es una hermosa cosa niños sólo preguntenles a sus madres que no han tenido una buena noche de sueño desde que nacieron!
¿Cuáles son algunas de las cosas que sus hijos hacen para evitar su hora de dormir?
Tengan un bonito día, hasta la próxima!
LOL! I’m keeping these in mind! My son is at this sweet age where I say, “Time to go night night” and he crawls up the stairs and cuddles with me. But I KNOW that’s temporary phase!!!
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Lol..I love that phase! Now it’s cray cray for me! Enjoy it while it lasted Chrissa!
This is so true! We usually just say no to anything our son requests, unless it’s a drink of water which I usually will say yes to. But they really do try anything!!
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These are all true!! Especially the sudden thirst they seem to get all the many trips they suddenly start making to the bathroom! #twinklytuesday
Yep! My boy is 2 and a half and just started with the ‘I’m hungry’ talk just when it’s time for bed. I also have to read atleast 4 books to him before he goes to sleep otherwise he screams the place down. I feel your pain!I hope bedtime becomes easy again for you soon xx #TwinklyTuesday
Oh yes I can definitely relate to this – especially them getting extra chatty at bedtime. There’s a part of me that likes this too though – it’s the time when my eldest daughter is most likely to tell me about her day and it’s lovely to listen to her chatter. Toilet stops and water requests are also popular delaying tactics as well! #TwinklyTuesday
Gosh these are all so true! We’ve recently had a string of family in town visiting and her favorite way to avoid bedtime is to give everyone in the house multiple hugs/kisses goodnight. She doesn’t give it up until her father or I pick her up and head to the bedroom for books. It’s pretty darn adorable, but I try not to let her know that 😉 #TwinklyTuesday
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My kids also suddenly remember something urgent about their day to share… find a hole in their stuffed animal that needs to be sewn, and pretty much anything else they can think of!
Haha!! Seriously story of my life too 🙂
That is so cute!! My kids sometimes say goodnight to each other more than 10 times and then to me and my hubby, it’s funny but then it’s annoying!
Definitely is something we as mom’s love to listen too, specially if they are talking about their days. At times it gets too long and it’s obvious my daughter is trying to avoid bedtime,lol. Bathroom stops is still at the top for my kids to do 🙂
Haha! Same here with my kids but I hope it does get easier for all of us!
Yup! First they get thirsty then is 20 trips to the bathroom.lol.
Yes they do, they won’t stop unless we stop them!
Oh yes I think my kids have tried all of these too. My little one particularly likes the just one more story trick as he knows I can’t resist and the oldest simply has to come and tell me something really important that he forgot. Got to love them #twinklytuesday
This made me laugh so hard because we are in EXACTLY the same boat right now. My son is 2.5 and determined to add a new stage to his bedtime routine every night. It’s funny but also tragic when I have dinner getting cold and wine getting warm downstairs lol! #twinklytuesday
I’m sure I’ve had all those tricks played on me over the years, kids are funny! #TwinklyTuesday
My little boys sneaks downstairs and quietly listens and watches us. It is a bit freaky when you catch him out of the corner of your eye, the other day we found him hiding behind the chair! xxxx #TwinklyTuesday
haha!! I totally get you!
Yeah, kids are too much lol
omg!! haha, that’s too funny!
My favorite was always, “You put me away at the end of the day just like the rest of the toys.”
I’m still dealing with a baby who’s not a great sleeper. I’m really not looking forward to this next stage!!!
Great article though!