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Last One Asleep, First One Awake
by Connie
(Indiana)
My 5yr old son is so "wired" at bedtime and can't seem to relax enough to fall asleep until nearly midnight every night. My husband and I are exhausted with this routine. Our other 5 boys (6-13 yrs) are told its bedtime, they have no problem getting in their beds and falling asleep.
He is the first one awake (6-7AM) and wired to go! He does attend preschool and is the first one asleep at school. Sleeps for about an hour and I have tried to duplicate the music, lighting etc. here at home with no positive results. He won't even stay in his bed. He usually falls asleep on the couch. But even then he is jumpy, squirmy and not relaxed.
Most nights he does wake up in the middle of the night and changes bedrooms. On the days he does not attend school, we forgo the nap and it doesn't seem to help. Any suggestions on what might be causing this? Thank you.
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