<![CDATA[How to manage a child who refuse to sleep]]>Topic: need help my son sleep very late at night.


can any mummy help me. My son is 2 years old. Recently we had weam off his pacifer almost 1 weeks plus. and recently he went to bed around 12.30am - 1.00am and wake up around 10.00am. We ask him to go to bed and he will cry. my hubby said like that how to go to playgroup cause he will start going to the class next month at 9.00am

My mun said maybe he can’t sleep without his pacifer. but almost 1 week lai lah. his afternoon nap is around 2.30pm - 4.30pm.

can any mummy advise me what to do?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/topic/833/how-to-manage-a-child-who-refuse-to-sleepRSS for NodeSat, 18 Apr 2026 16:19:14 GMTMon, 18 Aug 2008 07:03:36 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:04:27 GMT]]>Hi, I have a daughter, and this problem is also familiar to me. First, my wife and I tried to persuade her with words, then we tried to do it with the help of small gifts, but unsuccessfully. She is an obedient girl with us, and we hope that she will outgrow this moment. We watched various videos on YouTube with expert consultations, read articles - we think what to do next. She will have a birthday in two weeks, and we bought her a cool gift. We hope that everything will be fine.

You can search here https://top-mom.com/best-toddler-scooter/ .

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1971346https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1971346Wed, 15 Apr 2020 17:04:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 15 Apr 2020 05:37:51 GMT]]>Promote healthy habits to help your child wind down and get ready for bed. One way to do this is to limit screen time before bed. Watching TV, playing video games, or using a computer before bed interferes with a child’s sleep cycle.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1971256https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1971256Wed, 15 Apr 2020 05:37:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:40:09 GMT]]>tire him out during the day time with productive activities which will make his brain work harder, mentally it will be exhausting and helps regain a normal sleeping pattern

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1959927https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1959927Mon, 20 Jan 2020 03:40:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Fri, 27 Dec 2019 14:16:45 GMT]]>My kids usually turn in 11 pm plus. Maybe because when they were newborns, we used to feed them real late at night so that they can sleep throughout till morning. There were no 陪月 lady whatsoever. Whole family are late sleepers.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1955734https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1955734Fri, 27 Dec 2019 14:16:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:56:21 GMT]]>

melongyt\" post_id=\"1953677\" time=\"1576669471\" user_id=\"182933:

I need to learn how my colleague puts both her young kids to sleep at 8pm and wake up at 7am!! But to me, 8pm is too early. After coming back from work, I don’t even get to spend much time with them before getting them to sleep...
Your colleague doesn’t need to do OT like you? Or she leaves earlier because she starts earlier?

There are ways to negotiate better working hours. I hope you’re in a favorable position to negotiate with your company.

Unfortunately, too many FTWPs are in companies that make them do OT...very bad for family life.

My nephew in the same situation as you, sleeps very late because want to spend more time with parents at night before sleeping. After starting P1 it got worse because he needs to wake up much earlier. Mornings are a war zone with everyone panda-eyed. SIL told me almost all the student care kids will be dozing off like zombies while waiting for their FTWPs to fetch them after 6pm (they don’t nap).

Adequate sleep is very crucial to brain development and physical growth of a child. Try to protect the golden sleep of a child otherwise it will end up in chronic exhaustion etc.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953679https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953679Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:56:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:44:31 GMT]]>I need to learn how my colleague puts both her young kids to sleep at 8pm and wake up at 7am!! But to me, 8pm is too early. After coming back from work, I don’t even get to spend much time with them before getting them to sleep…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953677https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953677Wed, 18 Dec 2019 11:44:31 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:14:07 GMT]]>

AnneS\" post_id=\"1953528\" time=\"1576583214\" user_id=\"165765:

My mom used to tell me if that I don't take a nap in the afternoon when I was 5 years old, I will never grow taller and I will look like a witch. I was so afraid then. But now, my own child laughs at me when I tried to do the same antics to her just to let her take a nap.
She knows you are telling a fake story.

Tell her if she chooses not to nap, that means she has chosen that her bedtime will brought forward to 7pm.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953533https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1953533Tue, 17 Dec 2019 12:14:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Mon, 28 Oct 2019 04:49:29 GMT]]>

Anna B\" post_id=\"1943546\" time=\"1572229860\" user_id=\"181964:[quote=\"Anna B\" post_id=1943546 time=1572229860 user_id=181964]
Greetings!
We are a group of students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and we are currently doing a research project to find out the impact of sleep on a child's development, particularly those aged between 3 to 8 in Singapore.
We would greatly appreciate it if you will be able to help us with our project and provide us with information that will be useful.
All of your responses are greatly valued.

The link to the survey is: https://forms.gle/mgVRJdfJgJjUahY99

If you have any queries, do feel free to drop us an email at nuhaputeri@gmail.com.
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questionnaire! :)[/quote]

Done with the survey. I hope my answer could help you with your study. We are looking forward to the results of our hard work

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1943554https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1943554Mon, 28 Oct 2019 04:49:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Mon, 28 Oct 2019 02:31:00 GMT]]>Greetings!

We are a group of students from Nanyang Technological University (NTU), and we are currently doing a research project to find out the impact of sleep on a child's development, particularly those aged between 3 to 8 in Singapore.
We would greatly appreciate it if you will be able to help us with our project and provide us with information that will be useful.
All of your responses are greatly valued.

The link to the survey is: https://forms.gle/mgVRJdfJgJjUahY99

If you have any queries, do feel free to drop us an email at nuhaputeri@gmail.com.
Thank you so much for taking the time to answer our questionnaire! 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1943546https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1943546Mon, 28 Oct 2019 02:31:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:55:47 GMT]]>dd2 seldom take afternoon nap…and when she go out to play (2 to 3 hours) she will ask to go to bed around 8pm.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1935664https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1935664Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:55:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:29:39 GMT]]>Try having a winding-down bedtime routine that starts about 45 mins to an hour before the desired bedtime. It could be reading something (not studying!), listening to music, some hobby etc. Nothing exciting or stimulating. The glass of milk could be part of this routine. Keep it as a fairly fixed routine which will signal "bedtime" to his brain.


Also, you can try getting him to be more active in the later afternoon, before dinner, so he’s more tired by bedtime.

Besides the physical, has anything changed in the family recently? Maybe he wants to spend more time with you parents? You could try giving him 10-15 mins of undivided attention in the evenings, just chatting, or reading together etc.

Try these one at a time and see if something works. All the best!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1935639https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1935639Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:29:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:07:06 GMT]]>Hi Lucy, does he nap in the afternoon?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1935633https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1935633Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:07:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:04:42 GMT]]>

LucyL\" post_id=\"1935629\" time=\"1568684907\" user_id=\"165798:

My son's sleeping pattern changes as the grows. Now that he is ten, he is having a hard time to fall asleep before 10: P.M. He is not playing mobile games or all sorts. I asked him why can't sleep early and he just answered that his eyes are tired but his mind seems on overtime. Did you also have the same concern about your child's sleeping problem? What did you do to correct it?
Sounds like the symptoms of caffeine in the system. Check that he hasn’t been drinking any caffeinated drinks during the day. Common but normally unsuspected culprits are iced lemon tea/green tea/bubble tea/Coca Cola/Root Beer/Kickapoo/Mountain Dew.

If you have eliminated all of these & he is not taking afternoon nap, still drinking that healthy glass of milk which helps to bring on the sleepiness, but STILL not falling asleep, then it’s posssible he has early signs of puberty. I read somewhere that going into the teenage years, the kid’s body clock shifts into 3 hours later than his childhood. Fall asleep 3 hours later and wake up 3 hours later.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1935632https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/1935632Tue, 17 Sep 2019 02:04:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:46 GMT]]>It used to be that my son would get knocked out at 6-7pm about once in two or three weeks and sleep all the way to his usual wake up time the next day. So I have all these movie videos that my husband and I could watch when it happened. But no longer, sigh. We're still hopeful that we can watch them at some point, but, meanwhile, they're gathering dust in the drawers. 😞

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6182https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6182Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:04:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:06:37 GMT]]>He was the only one in childcare who did not sleep during the nap time. So the teacher ask him to just lie down & rest. Now he is in P1, he sleeps around 10.30 - 11.30pm. Will wake up between 8-8.30 to say goodbye to mummy before I go off to work. No matter how late he sleep (ever 2 am) he will still wake up around the same time.


No nap during the weekends. Occassionally he will nap. Just like me when our body is extremely exhausted, will we take nap to re-charge our battery. :lol:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6177https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6177Wed, 20 Aug 2008 09:06:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:12:18 GMT]]>

ling123:
Hi everyone



thks for your advise. i agreed with breguet answers.

En, breguet and kaitlynangelica normally what time does your children sleep at night. how about their afternoon nap timing.
Sleeps 12-1am, wakes up anytime from 8 to 10, but usually 9ish. No naps since 15 mths. He's 5.5yo now. He says he can't bear to miss out on the fun. :shock:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6174https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6174Wed, 20 Aug 2008 07:12:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:52:13 GMT]]>Hi everyone



thks for your advise. i agreed with breguet answers.

En, breguet and kaitlynangelica normally what time does your children sleep at night. how about their afternoon nap timing.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6171https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6171Wed, 20 Aug 2008 06:52:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:39 GMT]]>Hi brequet


Makes sense. My son sleeping pattern matches mine (very short hours) & my daughter follow my husband (extremely too long).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6155https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6155Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:54:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:58:48 GMT]]>I remember complaining to our pediatrician when my son turned 1yo about why he dropped both his naps, all within 3 mths. The pede said it could be inherited, and it’s true! I sleep very little. My husband says that at least, my son’s and my own waking hours match, so we can put up with each other :-). So now, I just keep quiet and put up with it. As long as he’s healthy, we just take it as his natural rhythm. One thing is true though - he’s very small sized, partly (not entirely) because he doesn’t have good rest at night. This apparently will even out at puberty (I hope!).

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6140https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6140Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:58:48 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:48:19 GMT]]>

EN:
Hi


Similar experience but my son was not on pacifier. I stop breast feeding as my son turns 2 years old. When I first stop breast feeding, it was like a battle of will between the two of us. We did not sleep for the first few days & will only fall asleep when the clock turns 3-4 am. I've got to work the following day & he has to attend the child care. The teacher thought he looked tired & allow him for extra sleep.

When I told the teacher about the battle of will that was going on at night, the teacher disallow my son to sleep in the morning but allow him to sleep slightly earlier in the afternoon. It was done gradually, until he was well adjusted & the battle of will gone.

My suggestion to you is to wake him up earlier than 10 am (half an hour earlier) then move up the waking time. When time to sleep at night, turn off the light earlier and it might help if everyone prepares for bed too.

Good luck.
Hi,

had the same problem with my 4.5 year old gal. She sleeps about 11pm at nite and then wakes up at 7 am to go to cc. In the afternoon, sleeps about 2 hours. Sometimes, she doesn't sleep at all! that's why she is so skinny, weighing only 15kg now.

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]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6041https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6041Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:48:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How to manage a child who refuse to sleep on Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:29:56 GMT]]>Hi


Similar experience but my son was not on pacifier. I stop breast feeding as my son turns 2 years old. When I first stop breast feeding, it was like a battle of will between the two of us. We did not sleep for the first few days & will only fall asleep when the clock turns 3-4 am. I’ve got to work the following day & he has to attend the child care. The teacher thought he looked tired & allow him for extra sleep.

When I told the teacher about the battle of will that was going on at night, the teacher disallow my son to sleep in the morning but allow him to sleep slightly earlier in the afternoon. It was done gradually, until he was well adjusted & the battle of will gone.

My suggestion to you is to wake him up earlier than 10 am (half an hour earlier) then move up the waking time. When time to sleep at night, turn off the light earlier and it might help if everyone prepares for bed too.

Good luck.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6031https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/6031Mon, 18 Aug 2008 08:29:56 GMT