Neenee, I'm talking about 5am when I try co-sleeping as a last resort because we've been up since 3 trying to get DS to just rest!

OK, and the odd afternoon too. But only because we've been up all night!

Over-excitement often leads to emotions running too wildly, which is a bit scary, which isn't nice, and we've gone from happy to not-nice, which makes the child angry. DS does the same too, and I can see what's going on with him, so I cuddle him, hold his arms down, and talk to him about emotions for a bit. I'm sure that's more of a punishment than ignoring him LOL. I'll teach him more about atomic structure next time!