Comments on: A Toddler & A Newborn… And Nobody’s Sleeping! http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/a-toddler-a-newborn-and-nobodys-sleeping/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-toddler-a-newborn-and-nobodys-sleeping Tips and advice on solving your child's sleep problems! Wed, 16 May 2012 23:34:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: christina imbert http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/a-toddler-a-newborn-and-nobodys-sleeping/#comment-16518 christina imbert Tue, 07 Jun 2011 05:18:52 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=86#comment-16518 Hello I am in need of desperate help. I am mother of a strong willed 15 month old who will cry hysterically if not nursed to bed or back to sleep during the night. I haved tried nearly everything and nothing has worked. I am still nursing her early mornings & at bedtime, also am trying the dont offer dont refuse method. I normally nurse her for naps too but am trying not to by feeding her solids throught out the day & taking her on car rides, stroll her around, & even try to tierd her out but she refuses to nap and will just wait til bedtime then nurse & go to bed. (been doing this for 4 days now, i feel so bad i see that shes so tierd). Please help! I hope this was enough informative info on our situation. Thank you sooooo much. Sincerely christina imbert Hello I am in need of desperate help. I am mother of a strong willed 15 month old who will cry hysterically if not nursed to bed or back to sleep during the night. I haved tried nearly everything and nothing has worked. I am still nursing her early mornings & at bedtime, also am trying the dont offer dont refuse method. I normally nurse her for naps too but am trying not to by feeding her solids throught out the day & taking her on car rides, stroll her around, & even try to tierd her out but she refuses to nap and will just wait til bedtime then nurse & go to bed. (been doing this for 4 days now, i feel so bad i see that shes so tierd). Please help! I hope this was enough informative info on our situation. Thank you sooooo much.
Sincerely
christina imbert

]]> By: Amber Shelton http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/a-toddler-a-newborn-and-nobodys-sleeping/#comment-16131 Amber Shelton Fri, 06 May 2011 14:49:53 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=86#comment-16131 Hi, I have a 23 month old who sleeps in a toddler bed. She is a consistent nap taker at her daycare, she sleeps in a toddler bed and does not get out of it until morning, and she goes to sleep on her own well. But nearly every other other night, and some weeks every night, our she wakes numerous times throughout the night crying out loudly for me. Then she cries for me nearly every hour until around 4. At 6:30 a.m. she is up bright eyed and ready to go. Mommy is not. We do not put her in our bed, I do not pick her up, I quickly soothe, check in and leave. Sometimes she is cold, wants her pacifier, or her lovey, but sometimes she justa says she is scared. I have increased the time between checking in on her to give her time to work it out herself, explained to her that she cannot wake mommy, she has extra pacifiers and lovies, but to no avail. I would not be a bit concerned to let her cry it out, but she wakes our one year old who becomes hysterical, and in return her basic crying leads to hysteria when she hears him crying. We are exhausted and have considered putting the one year old in our room and leaving our 23 month old to cry it out until she breaks this habit, but I am a little nervous not going in at all to check on her. Suggestions? Hi,
I have a 23 month old who sleeps in a toddler bed. She is a consistent nap taker at her daycare, she sleeps in a toddler bed and does not get out of it until morning, and she goes to sleep on her own well. But nearly every other other night, and some weeks every night, our she wakes numerous times throughout the night crying out loudly for me. Then she cries for me nearly every hour until around 4. At 6:30 a.m. she is up bright eyed and ready to go. Mommy is not. We do not put her in our bed, I do not pick her up, I quickly soothe, check in and leave. Sometimes she is cold, wants her pacifier, or her lovey, but sometimes she justa says she is scared. I have increased the time between checking in on her to give her time to work it out herself, explained to her that she cannot wake mommy, she has extra pacifiers and lovies, but to no avail. I would not be a bit concerned to let her cry it out, but she wakes our one year old who becomes hysterical, and in return her basic crying leads to hysteria when she hears him crying. We are exhausted and have considered putting the one year old in our room and leaving our 23 month old to cry it out until she breaks this habit, but I am a little nervous not going in at all to check on her. Suggestions?

]]> By: Vicki Howe http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/a-toddler-a-newborn-and-nobodys-sleeping/#comment-9433 Vicki Howe Thu, 15 Jul 2010 19:17:17 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=86#comment-9433 hia. I have followed your blog and used much of your advice with my 2 and half year old and with my 9 month old baby. Neverthelss I must be doing somthing wrong as neither sleep through the night and my husband and I are totally exhausted and run down. please can you help us? The 9 month old is still breast fed and only wakes up once for a short feed and then will settle himself so he is easy and it won't be long before I am ready for him to drop this night feed. It is his older brother who we are struggling with. he has never really slept through and is more difficult in the night if he is over tired. a few months ago he had night terrors and there was nothing we could do but sit it out with him. I now think he wakes up dreaming ( he usually goes to sleep easily by himself after 5 to 15 mins of asking and not getting various things like toys and so on.). He does talk and shout a lot in his sleep and he wakes about 2 to 3 hours after going down. we have tried being kind and cuddley with him and he gets worse. we have tried being firm with him and I have even made sure he is properly awake which definitely helps and makes the waking interlude short. Nevertheless he wakes us and the baby up and sometimes his crying and moaning can last an hour and half. if we leave him he gradually becomes more and more hysterical and I can't sleep for feeling pretty awful for leaving him. we have also tried talking to him about waking us up, that teddy is there to look after him and even a reward chart for sleeping but as he hasn't really accomplished sleeping without disturbing us that has not really worked and it is difficult to know what to try next. any advice would be very welcome as I am bad tempered and just finding him very hard to handle being so tired. thank you vicki hia. I have followed your blog and used much of your advice with my 2 and half year old and with my 9 month old baby. Neverthelss I must be doing somthing wrong as neither sleep through the night and my husband and I are totally exhausted and run down. please can you help us?
The 9 month old is still breast fed and only wakes up once for a short feed and then will settle himself so he is easy and it won’t be long before I am ready for him to drop this night feed. It is his older brother who we are struggling with. he has never really slept through and is more difficult in the night if he is over tired. a few months ago he had night terrors and there was nothing we could do but sit it out with him. I now think he wakes up dreaming ( he usually goes to sleep easily by himself after 5 to 15 mins of asking and not getting various things like toys and so on.). He does talk and shout a lot in his sleep and he wakes about 2 to 3 hours after going down. we have tried being kind and cuddley with him and he gets worse. we have tried being firm with him and I have even made sure he is properly awake which definitely helps and makes the waking interlude short. Nevertheless he wakes us and the baby up and sometimes his crying and moaning can last an hour and half. if we leave him he gradually becomes more and more hysterical and I can’t sleep for feeling pretty awful for leaving him. we have also tried talking to him about waking us up, that teddy is there to look after him and even a reward chart for sleeping but as he hasn’t really accomplished sleeping without disturbing us that has not really worked and it is difficult to know what to try next. any advice would be very welcome as I am bad tempered and just finding him very hard to handle being so tired. thank you
vicki

]]> By: Colleen Connelly http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/a-toddler-a-newborn-and-nobodys-sleeping/#comment-7789 Colleen Connelly Sun, 16 May 2010 20:35:00 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=86#comment-7789 I used your method on my daughter and it worked like a dream for about 4-5 months. Now, at 18 months old, she is strongly resisting going down for naps and at bedtime. She clings to us and screams at the top of her lungs. If I go in and try to sit by her crib, she grabs onto me and starts climbing out. I used your method on my daughter and it worked like a dream for about 4-5 months. Now, at 18 months old, she is strongly resisting going down for naps and at bedtime. She clings to us and screams at the top of her lungs. If I go in and try to sit by her crib, she grabs onto me and starts climbing out.

]]> By: Chris Valenti http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/a-toddler-a-newborn-and-nobodys-sleeping/#comment-5332 Chris Valenti Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:44:27 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=86#comment-5332 Dear Dana, I have a 5 year old son who has always been a good sleeper until Daylight Savings time came and went this year. Now he gets up an hour earlier than normal and we cannot figure out how to help him get back that most needed sleep. He has been more irritable than normal and has trouble not becoming emotional at the littlest things. We have tried putting him to bed earlier, putting him to bed later, having a bath right before bedtime to waiting until the morning. We are out of ideas at this point. The lack of sleep is catching up to him. Any suggestions on how to change this pattern would be most appreciated. Thank you. Dear Dana,

I have a 5 year old son who has always been a good sleeper until Daylight Savings time came and went this year. Now he gets up an hour earlier than normal and we cannot figure out how to help him get back that most needed sleep. He has been more irritable than normal and has trouble not becoming emotional at the littlest things. We have tried putting him to bed earlier, putting him to bed later, having a bath right before bedtime to waiting until the morning. We are out of ideas at this point.

The lack of sleep is catching up to him. Any suggestions on how to change this pattern would be most appreciated. Thank you.

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