Never again!!!

[charligirl]

DD woke at 00.45 and did not go back sleep until 5am

She woke and was wide awake shouting for her water (she has a sippy cup at night) the weird thing is she was talking normally not in her usual sleepy/crying woken at night voice. She went quiet for 30 mins then started again. I went in soothed etc, left... 20 mins later started again. Then I went in and said 'last time' this usually works and she knows no messing about. Quiet for 30 mins... then starts up again shouting it's morning and she doesn;t want to sleep!.

DH was really mad and has gone to the sofa having had no sleep at all and is working today. Before he went I mentioned how weird it was she was so awake, not usual at all... then he hit the nail on the head.... chocolate!

She only gets some as treats normally, yesterday we were at a friends' and they did not monitor treats being Easter Day. Their 3yo had a huge choc tractor which they left him with in the play room, we were chatting next door the kids were in and out. I realised DD had eaten HEAPS of chocolate. That has to be it, caffiene and sugar, but I would have thought it would have been out her system by the middle of the night

Anyway, back to chocolate as treats again and forever rationed
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[gengwall]

A lesson well learned.

Oh man - CF is screwing up the post order still. It's like every thread is being treated as a blog.

 

[JulySheMustFly]

I'm sorry to laugh but I know exactly what you mean. My kid's did that at Christmas. They targeted all the childless uncles and asked for cookies on a rotation so by the end of the night from what we could determine each of them had somewhere close to 12 cookies! Atleast I know some payback is coming soon for one of those uncles.

 

[Neenie1]

It may have been the chocolate - who knows.

Dd did a similar stunt a few weeks ago, (woke at around 2:00, didn't go to sleep until around 5:00) she told me she was seeing snakes. (must have been a nightmare)

It hasn't happened again though.

My ds (6) had a serious reaction (or I think) to some chocolate. He did eat much more than he usually does, and was feeling ill Sunday afternoon. However he slept like a baby. Took himself to bed by 7pm, and didn't wake up until 7 am. He slept more that night than our 2 year old ROFL. (who had a nap that day, and didn't go to bed until 8pm)