Tabrett Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 get your dc to calm down? Since we have lost an hour of daylight do to the time change,:glare: it is too dark in the evenings to send them outside. They are bouncing off the wall, accidentally hurting each other and breaking stuff. Tips? Suggestions? help:leaving: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SJ. Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 So daily savings time is why my boys have been C.R.A.Z.Y. lately!?!? No suggestions for you but I'll be watching this thread and taking notes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starr Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Flashlight tag ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Can't they play in the back yard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Rearrange your schedule so they get worn out before sunset? In inclement weather, I have been known to subject dc to extremely rigorous games of Simon Says when they need to work out pent-up energy. They love it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farrar Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I just separate them. Alone they'll like mellow angels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoGal Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Sometimes painting helps my kids. Last time they got so wound up, I gave them a couple mini pumpkin to paint and they settled down. I wish I could wear them out in the day time, but they tend to get even more wild when they are tired. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWOB Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 They can calm down?!?! This time change thing is killing me:glare:. My dc are about to be tied up somewhere. It doesn't help that dh works nights this week. School has been a nightmare. The house is a wreck. I think I have somehow given birth to rabid monkeys. Thankfully, ABC Family has been airing Harry Potter since Wednesday. That clams the wee heathens for about 7 minutes at a time. Of course, they consider the commercial breaks permission to revert to lower life forms. I have no advice. I am just there with you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabrett Posted November 12, 2011 Author Share Posted November 12, 2011 Can't they play in the back yard? It's too dark. I just separate them. Alone they'll like mellow angels. Unfortunately, we are in temporary housing with all three dc sharing one bedroom in a very small house. Being in an 1100sq ft. house with 5 people makes it very hard to keep them separated. Hopefully that will change next month.:D This is my main problem.:lol: I will never understand how loosing an hour of daylight in the afternoon is considered 'daylight savings'. I don't care if it is dark between 6-7am as long as it is light till 7pm. Dark at 6pm is not conducive for our society; at least my active little dc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alte Veste Academy Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 I will never understand how loosing an hour of daylight in the afternoon is considered 'daylight savings'. The savings is in the Summer. The suffering is in the Winter. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellie Posted November 12, 2011 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Take early baths. Read aloud to them. Play a quiet board game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katilac Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 It's too dark. Throw a shop light or two out there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 Do you happen to have a Wii Fit? There is a jogging program on there that wears my ds out. He runs for about 30 min and is sweating by the time he is done. I use it for exercise for the kids on rainy days or times when they are too wound up but can't go outside. It has been wonderful to help wear them out without having them destroy the house running around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted November 15, 2011 Share Posted November 15, 2011 get your dc to calm down? Since we have lost an hour of daylight do to the time change,:glare: it is too dark in the evenings to send them outside. They are bouncing off the wall, accidentally hurting each other and breaking stuff. Tips? Suggestions? help:leaving: We built a playground in the kids room. We made bunk beds with a slide and a rope ladder. We put a rope with knots for them to climb ..... We also hung a swing. I am considering indoor trampolines...but haven't gotten there yet. I send them outside in the morning...bring in firewood....bring out garbage.... Feed animals....run laps around the house.... Try to get some vitamin D while they can. We tend to school a little later in the winter... Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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