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January 16, 2006, 7:41 pm PST
Sleep Issues
Quote From: thumper23 I have a 31/2 boy. for about six months he never sleeps(so it seems). I do have a bed time routine. dinner at 5:30 pm, bath at 6:00pm, movie at 6:30- 7:30, and a bed story from 7:30-8:00pm. He seems to go to bed without a problem , but at around mid-night he wakes up. He does't talk very well so i don't know what he wants when he comes out. I play the game of putting him back in bed from mid-night until aroud 3am. He never goes back to sleep. If i don't here him come out he tears everything out of the frige, floods the bathroom, goes outside, everything the is dangerous he does. I took him to the doc. and they put him on aderul( an adhd med.) it does't help at all. He never naps either. I work alot. I have to get everyone up at 5:30am just to get out the door at 7:00am to start the day. I am not getting enough sleep to do well at my job, and i get craby from the lack of sleep. I cant countinue to sleep on the couch. How do i get this 3 yearold to sleep and stay aslpeep? I am at wits end. First of all, ask your doctor about getting him OFF that medication. Our 8 year old has ADHD, and we have been through several different medications looking for the one that works best for her. When she was on Adderall, she was up ALL NIGHT, EVERY NIGHT. Thank God it was summer time. My 13 year old niece was spending a couple of weeks with us and sharing a room with our daughter. She was the one that told us our daughter was up until 5 or 6 in the morning. Thank God or we may have never known. She was quiet and we were sleeping. But MAN after a few days that kid was GROUCHY! She became downright mean. We took her off the med and THAT night she slept for 14 hours. Poor little kid was wore out. Luckily now, she is on the right medication and gets a healthy night's sleep. Adderall is a "Ritalin cousin". It is an upper and some kids DO NOT tolerate it. Get your kid off that medication ASAP. Always talk to your pharmacist about medications. That is their specialty, and you don't need an appointment to ask them a question. Good luck to you:)
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