Any advice is welcome at this point. FDH and I are at our wits end with SS6 and his sleep/tired issues. First I will explain what we think the issue is...

When ss6 gets over tired he get whiny, argumentative, pouty, and just a general pain in the butt where nothing pleases him or he goes into zombie mode. I have been saying to months that there is something wrong, he never seems to get enough sleep regardless of what time we put him to bed. He is constantly fighting it, if you ask him if he is tired he says no and 5 mins later yawns and you can tell by the look in his eyes that he is tired. If you tell him to take a nap he cries or pouts then refuses to lay down, the minute he does he is out.

We put him in bed at the same time every night and I finally broke him of waking me up in the morning (usually just to tell me that he has to potty) - he has an alarm and knows not to come get me until it goes off at 6:30 (school days only other wise no alarm put he can tell time) other wise he would come me sometimes as early as 5 am. But this am I heard him come into our room and stand there, then leave (at around 4 something - i tended to be asleep) and then when FDH got up at 5:30 he said the SS6 was sitting on his bed doing nothing so he told him to lay down. Some mornings, he shuts his alarm off before it even buzzes.

It's affecting him IMO he never has the energy to do anything any more, we played out side in the snow the other day for 45 mins and he was DONE. He never wants to do anything but watch TV and play video games (because the stimulate him)

Another frustration is FDH wants to ask SS6's doctor when he goes him for his yearly check up but BM always goes and she insists that there is nothing wrong and that he sleeps fine at her house, but she leaves the TV on all night so when she does wake up he watches TV and doesn't bother her - he told me that he does.

He also comes in when FDH is there in the middle of the night and 'claims' to have a nightmare but the next day i ask him and he tells me about the dream, it was just a dream not really a nightmare. Like one time he said he dreamed that he lost a toy or something. Seriously? That is not an nightmare.

UGH - so frustrating. I told FDH the other day that I just wanted to give him something so he would have one good night of sleep but I know that I can't (with out a doc's approval).

This is what we HAVE tried:

- Regular bed time.

- NO TV's on at night.

- We put him in bed 30 mins early to 'whine down'.

- We always make him potty before bed.

- Alarm clock.