Jumping, Running & Kicking pnp

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    Jumping, Running & Kicking pnp

    I have a 19 month old dcb who will not settle at nap time. He is very tired and he has so much trouble making it through the morning and lunch. At first I thought that it was because he was over tired. He arrives at 6 am so I started putting him back to bed immediately upon him arriving. I was not doing this before. I used to let him play until the other children arrived and then I was feeding him his breakfast and putting him down at 8 30 am. He would never sleep!

    As soon as I leave the room he will stand up, jump, stomp, run and I mean RUN around or sit in a corner and kick the bottom of the pnp. It makes a terrible noise and keeps the others awake or it wakes them up. Also 2 weeks out of the month my dh works night shift and arrives home at 8 am and needs to get to bed. My dh sleeps in the basement so this is very loud above his head when he needs to sleep.


    Now I am putting this little guy back to bed immediately upon arrival because I thought that if he came in still kind of groggy still in his pjs he would go back and finish his sleep. He wakes up at 8 30 am when he stays home.

    He will just will not stay down and quiet unless I stay right beside him. As soon as I leave he gets right back up and does this!


    When I stay beside him he does EVERYTHING to keep himself from going to sleep. He will fidget, wave his hands around, play with his hands, clap his hands, kick his feet, play with his feet, make clacking sounds with his mouth, even slap himself!

    I can not stay beside him for as long as it takes for him to settle as I have 6 others to watch and if I stay it takes an hour!

    I do not know what to do except term as I am finding myself getting very frustrated and I just don't feel like I can do this anymore. I have never had this before. I have been providing toddler care for 8 years and have never seen this!

    This is so stressful! My dh and my other dcks need their sleep and I would really like to be able to have my lunch and clean up. I never have a chance to eat and by 2 pm I am so hungry I feel like I am going to pass out. I eat whatever I can grab just to take away the hunger ( a piece of cheese, a yogurt, a slice of lunchmeat whatever is quick and handy) and never get to make myself lunch!

    Does anyone have any suggestions?

    Thanks
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