I have been having trouble with gettiing leo to bed. Its not every single night but its pretty often to drive me crazy! Once he falls asleep hes usually fine tho but its getting there which is killing me. I can sometimes tell when its going to be rough to get him to sleep cuz hes really hyper, nonstop talking and making tons of noise by throwing his toys into walls but sometimes hel be mellower and still itl happen so ?
1) We go thru our routine pretty good but when it comes to the story time it gets difficult. Hes actually been wanting me to read him storybooks lately (usually hed ONLY want me to 'make up' a story about trex but it always had the same plot line over and over) I know this is something good but he wont let me read! Hes constantly saying "what is that?' "whats he saying" "whys he doing that?, Teeelll Meeee!" He wont really listen and i sometimes keep reading and ignore him but then he gets upset or keeps going on with the list of ?'s and its totally irritating. Then afterwords he wants to 'read' me a story, after story, after story! How do i get him to just listen to me read to him? Hes very sensitive and i hate seeing him cry so this is hard.
2) He literally takes hours to fall asleep! So im just there sitting on his bed in darkness loosing my mind because he either wont stop talking, is busy digging away at his body with my elbow, or he gets silent and i think hes sleeping but he all of a sudden starts talking again.
I was wondering how many of you let your kids fall asleep on thier own?
I really wish i could tuck him in and leave the room but maybe im being too selfish? I actually tried it today and told him and thought he would be ok until he 'realized' for some reason what i was telling him when i closed the door and he started screaming and crying. I was thinking maybe a book or social story but then he dosnt listen to me read.
Am i trying to rush this? I have been quite moody/irratable myself lately so maybe it annoying me more than usual but by the time hes sleeping, so is my husband and we hardly get to spend any time together which sucks.
