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| Ok so my son has never been the greatest sleep. Now he is having more trouble than ever. The day he was born he was up for 14 hours after my c-section. Mind you the nurses told me that he was just curious. Now the current problem. He wakes up at night around 12:30 complaining of a stomach ach or back pain or a runny nose. At twenty months I have considered that he is going throught the night terror stage but he doesnt wake up screaming. After a cracker or water and giving him a book or musice I get mixed reviews. Sometimes he comes to get me again and others he simply stays up in his room for over and hour. Should I be concerned other than my lack of sleep at 7 1/2 months pregnant. He does not make up for the lost 1 -2 hours of sleep the next day durning naps. So he goes to bed between 8:30 9:00 and wakes a 6 - 6:30 takes an hour to hour and half nap. PS giving up the nap is not a possiblity he simply falls asleep during play by day two. |
| Posted by Shannon on 08/20/2008 02:25 PM
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| I have a 14, 11, and 2 1/2 year old---- sleep deprivation is a killer. I do not do well with sleep deprivation. I have learned that often sleep works the opposite of what you would believe. A lot of folks believe that the longer you keep a child up at night then surely they will sleep well and sleep longer in the a.m. because they will be so tired. But in fact the opposite is true. I think you should try an earlier bed time. At 20 months your child shouldn't be staying up that late. You need a night time routine- start at 7pm or so with a bath, pj's, stories or quiet time in his room. He gets one last sip of water if he needs it, and he says goodnight to family members. Then by 7:45 or 8ish you need to be rocking him and/or putting him in his bed. Start with an 8pm bedtime for the first few days or so and see how that works. Then back up the bedtime to 7:45 for a few days and then try to inch it back to 7:30pm if you can. I would aim for 7:30. If that doesn't seem to work then 8pm should be the latest he goes to sleep. What time of day is he taking his nap? He shouldn't be sleeping past about 2pm. The later he's up then the harder it is to get him down at night usually. Good luck. |
| posted by Alyson on 08/21/2008 08:14 AM
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| My son used to go to bed between 7:15 and 7:30 but when the time change came he started getting up a 4:50 instead of 5:50. Over time and with summer I gradually resorted to a 8:30 900 bed time. His nap is sometime between 12:00 and 12:30 after lunch and books. So the staying up late (8:30-9:00) is a new thing in the past two months. |
| posted by Shannon on 08/21/2008 02:31 PM
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| Wow, I am super jealous. My older boys never slept that good, and the baby is the worst! He is 11 months old and will not sleep. He goes to sleep around 10pm, and still gets up 2-3 times a night. I just started working full time about 2 months ago(moved away from his abusive dad) and am totally exhausted all the time. Man, I would give anything for 6 hours sleep |
| posted by Sherri on 08/24/2008 09:22 AM
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Hi - Read
http://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Sleep-Habits-Happy-Child/dp/0449004023
This book is wonderful! |
| posted by Candice on 08/24/2008 03:14 PM
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| I don't think this is a bedtime issue; it sounds more behavioral. We all sleep in rythems right?; a deep REM sleep followed by a lighter sleep. Sometimes people wake up during that lighter sleep. Children who are not natural "self-soothers" have to be taught that. I would try to google that ("self-soothing") and see what comes up. My 21 month old does the same thing and I just let him cry himself back to sleep (one technique to teaching selfsoothing). But I'm not sure how to teach that to a child who is not in a crib! Good luck! |
| posted by Ashley on 08/24/2008 09:23 PM
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