With a three year old, two year and three month old I feel for you. For Colin I wonder about allergies? I give my two chewable vitamin C at breakfast and lunch this time of year which helps a lot. For nighttime feedings I would offer a bottle or cup and then go back to bed at this age its more habit than anything else. Actually I still let each of them take a cup of water to bed, they've learned to locate it themselves even when half-asleep.
Just before supper can be a bad time: I'm distracted, they're tired and hungry etc.....I've found three things that help, a snack in late afternoon (about 3 pm), having them sit on kitchen chairs and look at books or sing with me while I make dinner, letting them get off the chairs by turns to help with a specific part of cooking, get something for the baby etc. The sitting on chairs helps them be calm and ready for supper and they feel like they're included.
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Date: 2010-04-05 12:08 pm (UTC)Just before supper can be a bad time: I'm distracted, they're tired and hungry etc.....I've found three things that help, a snack in late afternoon (about 3 pm), having them sit on kitchen chairs and look at books or sing with me while I make dinner, letting them get off the chairs by turns to help with a specific part of cooking, get something for the baby etc. The sitting on chairs helps them be calm and ready for supper and they feel like they're included.
Hope you get some rest...