I would make a deal with the devil...

Kinja'd!!! "Tom McParland" (tommcparland)
03/16/2016 at 08:11 • Filed to: dadlopnik, car art

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...just to have my daughter sleep through the night. My son was such a good sleeper when he was a baby. Like clockwork she will take a nap around 7pm. Wake up at 10 and be all like... “It’s PARTY TIME!” until midnight. And then wake up again at 3 am.


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Kinja'd!!! 64Mali > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:16

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That sounds like my daughter when she is sick. Seeing 2 am gets very tiring very quickly. I wish you luck.


Kinja'd!!! Phyrxes once again has a wagon! > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:17

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That doesn’t sound fun at all, how old is she?


Kinja'd!!! Supreme Chancellor and Glorious Leader SaveTheIntegras > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:17

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WOO PARTY!

-doesn't have kids, does not know your pain but wishes you luck


Kinja'd!!! LongbowMkII > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:19

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How old is she?

In any case try keeping her up later.


Kinja'd!!! JeepJeremy > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:21

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I know what you’re going through! My daughter didn’t sleep for more than three or four hours at a time for the first two years of her life. I’m convinced it shaved 2 years off of my lifespan. It was brutal.


Kinja'd!!! pip bip - choose Corrour > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:22

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sounds exactly how i was , when i was a baby. (apparently i was a bad sleeper)


Kinja'd!!! Tom McParland > Phyrxes once again has a wagon!
03/16/2016 at 08:26

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10 months


Kinja'd!!! PS9 > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:30

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Steal the wheels off her Accord Sport. Party at 10, ehh? Let’s see her make it to the party with a wheel-less car.


Kinja'd!!! Bad Idea Hat > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:30

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That was my daughter until about 3. Heck, I’d force her to not take a nap, and she’d still follow the same bizarre schedule no matter what.

Lately, she just doesn’t take naps. Fights sleep until about 11-12. Soccer starts in a few weeks, so I think we’ll soon see the end of that.


Kinja'd!!! Wacko > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:32

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my daughter started to do real nights at 9 months, now she is 2 years old.

My son, who is now 4 months old, let’s just say I sleep from 2-5 hours per night. Last night I got about 2 hours.


Kinja'd!!! OPPOsaurus WRX > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:37

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my kids habits would shift all the time. we went through a phase when they were napping late and going to bed late. we cut the nap out for a day or two and they would get tired earlier and take a nap around 2 or 3 instead so they could get to bed around 8


Kinja'd!!! The Dummy Gummy > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:43

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Sounds like we have similar offspring. We had three really good nights (out of nowhere) but most the time it was him being a night owl....


Kinja'd!!! random001 > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 08:58

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I wish I could offer more than empathy. My boy was about the same until he hit 10 months, then he had a month of sleeping, then a month of not...

Now he’s back to sleeping.


Kinja'd!!! BaconSandwich is tasty. > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 09:10

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We eventually resorted to bringing our little bacon bit into bed with us. Now we can’t figure out how to get her to sleep in her own crib, as the only way she will fall asleep is by pulling Mrs. BaconSandwich’s hair. I feel your pain. I think the trick is to remember: This too, shall pass.


Kinja'd!!! Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 09:19

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lol! The one thing I tell about-to-be parents is, “how well you can function in a sleepy haze will be key.” My wife HAS to have her sleep or she actually loses her mind. She broke down when our first was only six weeks old. We laugh about it now with two high schoolers but at the time it was rough.


Kinja'd!!! Trevor Slattery, ACTOR > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 09:24

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Neither of mine slept through the night until they were 24 months. Hang in there.


Kinja'd!!! BigBlock440 > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 09:28

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Sounds like it’s normal, my daughter’s inconsistent as well, only a month older than yours. Try not letting her take that 7pm nap. Those times are almost exactly what my daughter has done, if she goes down for a nap after 7, she’ll be up until midnight. We don’t put her down for a nap after 6:30 anymore and just let he be cranky for that hour or so. Sleeping through the night is hit or miss, but at least she goes down before I’m ready for bed myself. Since it’s been nice out though, I’ve found that when she runs around outside for a while she’ll apparently burn off enough energy to sleep through the night.


Kinja'd!!! Tom McParland > Bad Idea Hat
03/16/2016 at 09:30

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Oh man...it’s a battle to get my 3 year old son down for a nap.


Kinja'd!!! Bad Idea Hat > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 09:52

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Youth sports aren’t just for the kids some times. Sometimes, they’re to wear the kids out so that they follow a normal sleep pattern.


Kinja'd!!! Tom McParland > Bad Idea Hat
03/16/2016 at 10:15

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Totally...but at 3 he is not quite ready for that. Last year we signed him up for a tumbling class. Essentially a 45 min session of jumping and rolling around. He wasn’t a fan of waiting and following directions, every class was a battle. Maybe we will try again in the summer.


Kinja'd!!! Nothing > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 10:37

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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00…

I remember reading this book after enough 12 AM car rides, neighborhood walks, etc to get my son to go to sleep. My daughter was a good sleeper.

The book didn’t help at all, but I at least chuckled.


Kinja'd!!! Sir_Stig: and toxic masculinity ruins the party again. > Tom McParland
03/16/2016 at 10:39

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My sister’s son is 3, he still doesn’t sleep through the night.