sidmand
03-26-2011, 08:04 AM
This is partly a b*itch but more for needing ideas so I think it's more useful in the Lounge.
DS is almost six. He is on the spectrum but he's very smart and very aware and for the most part he knows what he's doing. We had a long discussion last night (because I've been completely exhausted all week and just wanted some sleep--I went to bed when they did) about how he had to stay in his room until the clock said seven zero zero. We even moved a different clock into his room because he said he liked that one better. He said what if I get up at eight zero zero? I said that would be great but unlikely.
He's been saying he's been getting up at 6:30 because the sun is coming through his window. Last night I duct taped the shade to the side of the window so no sun would come in.
So at 5:30 I wake up to go to the bathroom and he's in the playroom watching TV. This is not the first time it's happened either. I've found him at 2:30 and 4:30, etc. I can't always be worried he's gotten up to do that (I often wake up and *think* I'm hearing a TV when I'm not, although this probably only happens about once a month). If he did it again I had said I was going to put one of those baby-proofing knobs on his door ('cause he still can't do that) but then I realized he does need to get out in case he needs the bathroom.
I sent him back to his room to sleep this morning but told him he could also play quietly. Of course he was shouting/singing at the top of his lungs instead and never went back to sleep. I'm so frustrated. DH says he tends to forget what you've told him at night by morning. Well, not if it involves Mario Kart or a treat he doesn't. In fact, he has one of the best memories of anyone I know for things in general.
We used to reward him for staying in his room until a certain time but I think I'm beyond rewarding him for that. He's old enough to know better than to do what he's doing. I just don't understand. I had to go back in his room three times to tell him to be quiet this morning because people were still sleeping. I told him he couldn't come out of his room (except for the bathroom) until someone LET him out. And then at 7:30 I come downstairs and he's watching TV and told me he did wait until 7:24 to come out. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: :banghead::banghead:
DS is almost six. He is on the spectrum but he's very smart and very aware and for the most part he knows what he's doing. We had a long discussion last night (because I've been completely exhausted all week and just wanted some sleep--I went to bed when they did) about how he had to stay in his room until the clock said seven zero zero. We even moved a different clock into his room because he said he liked that one better. He said what if I get up at eight zero zero? I said that would be great but unlikely.
He's been saying he's been getting up at 6:30 because the sun is coming through his window. Last night I duct taped the shade to the side of the window so no sun would come in.
So at 5:30 I wake up to go to the bathroom and he's in the playroom watching TV. This is not the first time it's happened either. I've found him at 2:30 and 4:30, etc. I can't always be worried he's gotten up to do that (I often wake up and *think* I'm hearing a TV when I'm not, although this probably only happens about once a month). If he did it again I had said I was going to put one of those baby-proofing knobs on his door ('cause he still can't do that) but then I realized he does need to get out in case he needs the bathroom.
I sent him back to his room to sleep this morning but told him he could also play quietly. Of course he was shouting/singing at the top of his lungs instead and never went back to sleep. I'm so frustrated. DH says he tends to forget what you've told him at night by morning. Well, not if it involves Mario Kart or a treat he doesn't. In fact, he has one of the best memories of anyone I know for things in general.
We used to reward him for staying in his room until a certain time but I think I'm beyond rewarding him for that. He's old enough to know better than to do what he's doing. I just don't understand. I had to go back in his room three times to tell him to be quiet this morning because people were still sleeping. I told him he couldn't come out of his room (except for the bathroom) until someone LET him out. And then at 7:30 I come downstairs and he's watching TV and told me he did wait until 7:24 to come out. :banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead::banghead: :banghead::banghead: