Well, I was getting a little tired, then exhausted, myself, so my way around the issue was deleting the aggravating family with the sleep issues and starting over :P.

Now I'm hoping the new family won't have the same issue, and otherwise I'll just keep deleting and starting new families until I or others can find a way to solve this ^^.

jbart:

The game has only been out just over a day. Don't expect somebody to come up with immediate answers to your questions straight away. It takes time to find the best ways of playing. Much of the fun of the game is in trying out different solutions yourself, not running to the forums for an easy answer for every little perceived obstacle.

One of my families got a hammock from a friend (as an event) I put one on it to relax and that seems to help the energy level some. The hammock in the store is a bit expensive for just starting out, so if you don't get it as an event it can be troublesome. But I agree, praising them when "going to bed" seems to help them stay in bed a bit longer. I exited each family when they were sleeping (at night) last night and this moring all of them had recovered more than 50% energy. I also gave one lady an energy drink - wow did it boost her energy , but she also couldn't seem to stay at one task for very long either.

arnie, I came here for the same reason -- to see if anyone else could offer suggestions on how to get them to sleep long enough to actually raise their energy level to more than barely above exhaustion. I agree with Norah, it is extremely frustrating. I have praised them so many times that they are also telling me to "Stop nagging!" and running away from me too.

I think this may be something that the game developers should fix with an update. Either that or give us good advice on exactly what we need to do to make it so they are not always exhausted.

Well, I started the new family, and tried the tips and tricks in this thread again, and imagine my surprise:

My family goes to bed at night.... often on their own!
I vary their activities (as I did with my old family), and they do not get tired as fast as my old family!
When they are in bed, and I turn the game off for the night, and I come back in the morning and check, they are almost fully rested!

Now I suspect something weird was just going wrong with my old family.

Thanks for letting me know, Norah. I just bought the game earlier today so I'm really new to it. I have two families. My first one is the one that I cannot seem to get to stay asleep, although I just started my second family tonight. Really, I should be in bed, but I'm a Night Owl myself -- maybe that's the problem. I should just turn the game off and maybe they will be fine tomorrow. I hope so.

Where are the energy drinks?! I don't see them at all!!! And my female is at her weakest point!!! HELP!!!!!!!!!!

THE SAME EXACT THING HAPPENED TO ME!!! HELP PLEEAAASEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi. I have one peep who just won't go to bed. She was exhausted and I just dropped her on the bed but she won't stay. I tried this, non-stop for about 10 minutes, (probably missed all the good collectibles!)but she just won't go to bed. The naps don't seem to do her any good at all. She dislikes red so maybe she just hates the sheets?!!!

Elisa725, sometimes when you look at what the Store has to offer you will see an Energy Drink listed in the section below the food, but they are not always offered. On top of that, I think they only work for one member of the family although since I haven't tried them yet I'm not sure. I have bought the vitamins though and as soon as I offered a vitamin to one family member they were gone. $7.00 to give vitamins to one family member? That seems a little steep to me, but maybe when I offered it to the one member all the members actually got one. I really can't tell.

Dansmot, you can also try dropping her on one of the couches or on that chair in the corner in the living room. They will nap on those too. Although one time I had to drop my guy on the couch about 5 times before he finally said, "Taking a nap." So if it doesn't work at first, just keep trying. That would be a real pain if your lady won't sleep on the bed because she doesn't like red. If she becomes too frustrating to work with, maybe think about deleting that family and trying again?