sewingmama Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 I'm curious what time your kids get sent to bed on Christmas Eve and how long it takes them to fall asleep. It's almost 8am Christmas morning here in Aus (Merry Christmas) and all my kids are still sleeping (Wahoo) :D DS4 is always first asleep - he was out at 9.30pm DS2 had a late nap so I was expecting him to be running around a little later then normal but coupled with excitement it was 10.30pm before he fell asleep. DD was still awake at 11pm :glare: She was watching Santa on Norad and when he hit the top of Australia (we live down the very bottom) I told her she was going to miss out if she didn't go to sleep - she raced off and fell asleep in 5 minutes. I was so exhausted yesterday I was falling asleep waiting for them to go to sleep so I could do the gifts. We normally spend ages arranging the presents prettily under the tree and stuffing stockings -last night DH and I just dumped them by the armload under the tree haphazardly and all 3 stockings were stuffed in under 3 minutes :lol: Kids won't notice the rush Santa was in I'm sure :D Seriously - it gets worse every year as they understand the exitement more and more. DD has special needs and is prone to meltdowns and had several huge ones starting at dinner time till 11.pm which made our Christmas Eve miserable and destroyed most of our planned activities :glare: I guess the upside is that once my kids are asleep they stay that way - we have Church at 9.30 so I guess we won't be doing presents till after. I bought DD a new dress to wear to Church so I had to root around under the tree and poke tiny holes in several gifts to find it and then put it with her stocking because I planned on them being up earlier then this :lol: No way am I waking them or meltdowns will ensue all day. :glare: Anyone have some secret go to sleep fairy dust I can sprinkle on my kids :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted December 24, 2011 Share Posted December 24, 2011 Mine finally flaked out at at about 10, I think, during the Muppets Christmas carol. Merry Christmas :) Rosie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beaners Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 It just turned 7 here, and mine were rushing me for bedtime. Someone told them Santa won't come until you're asleep, and they took it to heart. I'm glad they were so eager, because I haven't wrapped a thing yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zuzu822 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 My three are asleep (5, 3, 13 months). This is their normal bedtime. Now I need to get up and work some Christmas magic! :D ETA: 7 PM Eastern. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 7:30 GMT-5 and they are lingering over prime rib and latkes (and a weird Christmas cartoon) in front of the fire. NORAD has Santa at the west coast of Africa, heading to Western Europe. They'd better get eating! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Take them to the 11pm Church service each year. Most years, two or three of our kids are on to serve as acolytes (Episcopal), so they have to be awake and moving around during the service. Amazing how having to serve at church at midnight gets everyone to go to sleep as soon as we get home! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommee & Baba Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 We are watching A Christmas Story as a family at 7pm tonight. Then off to bed afterwards. Usually I allow movies in their bedrooms but tonight it's the lastnight they get Christmas music on...plus having no tv on helps them fall into slumber alot quicker! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cin Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 On the way home from Church, our kids ASKED FOR BENADRYL. :lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joyofsixreboot Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I sent mine out to play in the very chilly woods for two hours this afternoon. Church, Charlie Brown and they (10, 8, and 4 yo) were zonked by 9:00. Mine are early to bed, early to rise types. Teens have to help at 11:00 service so whenever they go to bed is fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 From the NORAD site: When will Santa get to my house: "NORAD tracks Santa, but only Santa knows his route, which means we cannot predict where and when he will arrive at your house. We do, however, know from history that it appears he arrives only when children are asleep! In most countries, it seems Santa arrives between 9:00 p.m. and midnight on December 24th. If children are still awake when Santa arrives, he moves on to other houses. He returns later … but only when the children are asleep." That ought to be incentive. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blondeviolin Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 We tell ours that Santa only comes if you're asleep, so they beg for bedtime. We deliberately delay bedtime so they are exhausted and drop on Christmas Eve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silliness7 Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I'm curious what time your kids get sent to bed on Christmas Eve and how long it takes them to fall asleep. It's almost 8am Christmas morning here in Aus (Merry Christmas) and all my kids are still sleeping (Wahoo) :D DS4 is always first asleep - he was out at 9.30pm DS2 had a late nap so I was expecting him to be running around a little later then normal but coupled with excitement it was 10.30pm before he fell asleep. DD was still awake at 11pm :glare: She was watching Santa on Norad and when he hit the top of Australia (we live down the very bottom) I told her she was going to miss out if she didn't go to sleep - she raced off and fell asleep in 5 minutes. I was so exhausted yesterday I was falling asleep waiting for them to go to sleep so I could do the gifts. We normally spend ages arranging the presents prettily under the tree and stuffing stockings -last night DH and I just dumped them by the armload under the tree haphazardly and all 3 stockings were stuffed in under 3 minutes :lol: Kids won't notice the rush Santa was in I'm sure :D Seriously - it gets worse every year as they understand the exitement more and more. DD has special needs and is prone to meltdowns and had several huge ones starting at dinner time till 11.pm which made our Christmas Eve miserable and destroyed most of our planned activities :glare: I guess the upside is that once my kids are asleep they stay that way - we have Church at 9.30 so I guess we won't be doing presents till after. I bought DD a new dress to wear to Church so I had to root around under the tree and poke tiny holes in several gifts to find it and then put it with her stocking because I planned on them being up earlier then this :lol: No way am I waking them or meltdowns will ensue all day. :glare: Anyone have some secret go to sleep fairy dust I can sprinkle on my kids :D Same dilemma here. It just occurred to me an hour or so ago that I should start waking the kids up at the crack of dawn on Christmas Eve and give them a jam packed go, go, go kind of day so they fall in bed exhausted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brigitte Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 We had a late dinner and dh took them down to the basement to watch Grinch, Frosty AND Rudolph! It is 10:39 and they are still up watching movies. We went to Mass early (not Midnight like usual) so they could get to bed earlier and I wouldn't have to stay up so late waiting for everyone to fall asleep in order to get the presents out. So much for that idea. :glare: Had I known his plan was to watch all three I would have made them start this afternoon or I would have squashed those plans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rivka Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 My 2yo fell asleep in the car on the way home from church. We should've brought his pajamas to change him into after the service, because getting him out of his clothes and into PJs was a challenge and he woke up cranky. (Clothes weren't any good for sleeping in, alas.) My husband finally got him back to sleep. My 6yo had a hard time falling asleep. She watched the NORAD Santa tracker for a while before bed, and then when I checked on her about half an hour after bedtime she begged me to go see where he was. No. We do not provide in-bed updates of Santa's whereabouts in this house. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cindergretta Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Well, it is just gone 8 here and no one is in bed or anywhere near sleepy, but we don't normally have bedtimes here. We allow them to fall asleep when they do and get up (for the most part) when they do. That said, I would like to go to sleep!! So, my darling oldest children are hard at work getting the little widgets to settle down and play quietly at slumber parties. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i.love.lucy Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 This might sound bad, but I gave mine both a tiny bit of melatonin. My dd is a major night owl and ds has had trouble falling asleep lately. They have maxed out on sugar today and are still bouncing around (it's 10:40pm now). I hope they konk out soon!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
annlaura Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 On the way home from Church, our kids ASKED FOR BENADRYL. :lol::lol::lol: :lol: That's hysterical! DS5 tried to go straight to bed from the dinner table. I managed to stretch him until 7:30ish. He didn't fall asleep right away, and hopefully won't wake up too too early. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Audrey Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 It's just past midnight Christmas Day here and mine's still up. I was hoping this thread would give me a recipe for something to slip in his milk to knock him out, but alas! Tis' not to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mommyfaithe Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 It is 1:10 am....and I am finally in bed. My boys didn't go to sleep until 11:30PM. OY! I didn't even get the presents together....oh well....que' cera. I really lobe the day AFTER Christmas.....when we can play and relax. That is my favorite day of the year by far! Faithe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Excelsior! Academy Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 12:30 am Christmas Day here. Ours went to bed on time tonight. A couple even fell asleep at the table while eating their cookies and egg nog. They chose to get up early to make breakfast and a turkey dinner with all of the fixin' for lunch. We purposely had dh run errands with the littles which allowed them to skip naps. They were TIRED by bedtime. It was awesome! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kolamum Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Depends.. It's traditional to drive or walk around on Christmas Eve to look at lights, and in Tassie it's not DARK until 10ish. BUT, we generally head out much sooner then that. We stopped at the first house last night around 830 or so, hung out for a long while because the guys yard is PACKED with stuff and he hands out lollies and all that. We got home around 1030 and I sent the kids to get ready for bed. They were out like lights shortly afterwards. They woke me at 10 to 5 this morning and scared the beejeepers out of me. I didn't fall asleep until all most 2 am. Never had that issue as a child, but as an adult I can't sleep on Christmas Eve. :lol: I just want to give everyone their gifts and watch them smile. ;) I took a nap this afternoon, the kids watched one of the dvds they got. :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sewingmama Posted December 25, 2011 Author Share Posted December 25, 2011 On the way home from Church, our kids ASKED FOR BENADRYL. :lol::lol::lol: Now why didn't I think of that :lol: Wouldn't work here though - that type of stuff has the opposite effect on my DD and she gets really wired and hyper. Oh man I was so exhausted and just wanted to go to bed - the thought crossed my mind a few times to wait and put the presents out in the morning but I didn't want to risk it if they woke up early and saw a bare tree :001_huh: As it turns out they slept till 8.30 :glare: I'm glad to see I'm not the only one suffering with hyper awake kids :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocketgirl Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 @cin my 8 year old asked for something too to help her fall asleep!!! I totally relate to that & remember how hard it was to sleep on christmas eve. I told her that no matter what, don't get out of bed!! (her room faces the front room, tree and all), that's why i'm online, waiting to make sure she's asleep... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Splinter Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 My 9 year old, Mag, is Santa with me, and he's the only reason the others went to bed. At 8:30, I said it was bedtime and Mag ran up and got ready and convinced the others that they had to get right to bed because Santa would skip our house if anyone was awake. He hopped into bed, lay there for 20 minutes, then came and got me and we did the stockings. I don't think he was in bed until midnight, but he'll be the first one up at 7am. That's the earliest they're allowed out of bed. :001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunRoLy Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 My plan was for all kids to be in bed by 9:00. Ha! Probably got them into bed around 9:45. 3 out of 4 of them came downstairs with tummy aches. Finally went back to bed around 11:00 Oldest was reading until 11:20. Now they are all in bed! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hathersage Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 She is still awake...Singing...Oh this is one long night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 My 7yo ds is amazingly still awake (it is 3:20am!!!). The kids went to bed a little after 10pm, but ds has been unable to sleep. Of course, he is so excited that he keeps getting worked up and then crying because he can't sleep. I finally sent dh to bed and put ds in bed with him. Here is hoping it works!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunRoLy Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 And the night goes on... It is now 12:30 and both dss are awake. ds6 has been in his bed crying. I hope they don't all get sick!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunRoLy Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Good news! ds6 wasn't sick...just wet his bed. If these kids don't get to sleep Santa will never come! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just Kate Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Good news! ds6 wasn't sick...just wet his bed. If these kids don't get to sleep Santa will never come! Crazy when wetting the bed is GOOD news, right? :) I'm glad he's not sick though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MunRoLy Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Right! Never thought I'd be happy to see a wet bed. Btw, it's 1:50 and now both my dds are awake! It's the never ending night. At least they are in their beds, but we need to sneak the stockings back in. I'm thinking next year we change from stockings on the bed to on the mantle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amy g. Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 We went to 11:00 Mass. The baby fel asleep at the restaurant, and slept through church. The 5 year old slept though church, but woke up when we got home, and got all wild and hyper with her aunts and uncles. The 13 year old laid down with her at about 1:30, and my brother read some special books to them. They were out cold. I sent 15 year old to bed about 2:00 so I could fill stockings. Then I forgot I still had a few presents to wrap, and dh had. Toys to assemble. The 2 year old woke up at 3:30. I lied down with her to get her back to sleep, and instructed dh to wrap gifts I had bought, hidden, and forgotten about. At 5:00am the baby goats in my playroom started crying for their breakfast bottles. It's a good thing dh let me open my new coffee maker last night. My 4 youngest kids will sleep until impatient adults insist they wake up and open presents. I woke up my oldest, because she has hours of chores to do before breakfast. I wish she had not stayed up all night finishing gifts she made, but I knew Christmas would be ruined for her if she didn't get it done. I'll promise her a nap this afternoon. I'm sure dh will join her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pfamilygal Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 phenobarb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Another Lynn Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 I cheated. The only one I have left who doesn't understand the importance of going to bed..... spent the night with my parents (a mile away).... They delivered her back to us as we were waking up. Ahhhh... how lovely to have had nearly a full night's sleep!!!! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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