HELP ME!my 3 year old will not go to bed, i have tried phenegan but i think she has got use to it. any ideas?

Answer 1

There is nothing wrong with NyQuil. It safe and effective, Dont listen to those hyprocytes. I have an autistic child who never goes to sleep on her own unless its 4am.
You tell those book-parents to shut up and try raising a kid in reality not some textbook.

Answer 2

Do not use drugs!!! Do not give her a nap and then when it's bed time make sure you are the boss and not her. When my kids were young sometimes I would lay with them until they fell asleep. Other things you may try is a very strick bed routine and bedtime, give her baths just before bed, maybe a snack and a story and then bedtime, do not waver from routine and definitely hold your ground, she should be going to bed by 8:00, at this age they need their sleep, do not let her wear you down. Let her cry and ignore her fits, And by all means do not let her get up once she's gone to bed.

Answer 3

You really need to implement a bedtime routine and stick with it.
A few other things that might help,....
lots of kid fun exercise early in the day
absolutely NO caffeine, it is in chocolate as well as most soda and some kids are extremely sensitive to it
limit sugar especially closer to bedtime and try to slow down the sugar rush with some type of fiber
no napping after 2:30

When my two year old gave up his naps he actually started staying up later at night, he would be soooo tired at about five o'clock and i would keep him up, then he would get a second wind later in the evening and be up until ten thirty.
I am not generally really organized but, i have been really working at being consistent and it makes things so, so much easier after the transition period.
Our bedtime routine goes like this
6:45 bathtime
7:10 get out into PJ's, my son chooses three or four short books
we both lay on the floor of his room with one lamp (dimly) on and read the books. Then i sing him rock a bye baby and lower him into his bed right at the cradle will fall part(he smiles everytime).
I sit on the floor of his room and read a book of my own with a small booklight, until he falls asleep but, we will soon be weaning off of that.
I found that if i put him to bed too late, he wouldn't be as tired.
This whole process was REALLY hard for the first week. Initially, i sat right outside of his door but, he got out of bed alot and with me sitting near he knew he had to stay put. We have been consistent with this for about a month and now it only takes a max of ten minutes for him to fall asleep and sometimes only two minutes.
FYI,..Overdosing on phenergan can also have the reverse effect and cause overstimulation(and death).

Answer 4

First as a warning, children have died from giving them medications to "help" them sleep. Not a good idea, even with a three-year-old.

It could be that your child is ready to stop taking daytime naps. Mine usually stop naps at the age of two.

Or you are simply not being consistant with bedtime. Some children will not go to bed because they have learned that mom and dad will let them stay up, or will try to entertain them. You have to be consistant...let them scream their heads off, march them back to bed without a word should they get up. You have to let let her know that bedtime is bedtime, and you expect her to stay there. The screaming and crying is not because they are scared, or because they are hurt, but its because they are mad they are not getting their way. After a few nights of consistancy, they will figure out that mom and dad are not playing games, and they will go to bed. (If you hear them talking to themselves or playing, don't interfere so long as they are in bed. My 7 year old will talk to himself and his stuffed animals for about 1/2 an hour before falling asleep.)

Answer 5

how about a star chart. It worked wonders for my child.
also tried the following methods

Decorate there room how they would like
tell them that if they go to bed all week like a good boy/girl they can choose an activity at the weekend.

I tried phenegan it did not work on mine


hope this helps

Answer 6

No naps thru the day. keep her woke all day long if possible. if she needs to nap, make it as close to noon as possible and only for 1.5 to two hours. before bed, give her a warm bath and WARM MILK to drink and something relaxing like a story or light music. do this or a similar routine every night and she'll learn to go to sleep every night around the same time. drugs are a short term fix. she needs a long-term solution to falling asleep and staying asleep. Hope it works!

Answer 7

Went through the same thing with my oldest. No matter what, he would just wander around his room at night and not sleep in his bed once we took him out of his crib. We tried a CD player with music, but he climbed on his dresser to play with the player and eventually broke it. We finally had to take just about everything out of the room for his own safety and just let him wander around until he fell asleep. It took MONTHS, but eventually we won! :) Very exasperating at the time, but well worth it now...

Answer 8

First of all shame on ANY parent who is so impatient with their child that they resort to drugs of any sort (even phenergan) just so that THEY can get rest.
Turn off the tv hours before bedtime as it is too stimulating. Set up a bedtime routine (ours was bath, book, bed). Cut the caffeine and chocolate out. Roll the kid outdoors in the grass because a dose of nature tires us out NATURALLY. There are so many things you can try before dosing the kid.

Answer 9

phenegan is for travel sickness is'nt it?
i think it would be a good idea to have lots of physical activity in the afternoon... go to the park.. run around the garden. then a nice bath early evening (not rushed) she should be shattered by bed time.. lego or drawing also makes a child tired,all that concentration wears them out.... good luck

Answer 10

They make children's nyquil now... sold at walmart! But seriously you should only give your child meds if they sick, other wise they build a tolerance and when they really need it it won't work. And excessive use can cause health problems like liver damage!!! At bedtime turn off EVERYTHING and lay with her for a while.... don't talk, just cuddle with her till she falls asleep!