Comments on: How To Know When Your Child Is Tired http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/how-to-know-when-your-child-is-tired/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-know-when-your-child-is-tired 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: Sarah Mayerfeld http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/how-to-know-when-your-child-is-tired/#comment-14671 Sarah Mayerfeld Thu, 17 Mar 2011 19:12:04 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=84#comment-14671 Dear Dana, Your program worked wonders on our eldest at 5 months! So I am a firm believer in the SSP! imagine my surprise when it failed with my new baby. I was doing it since day 1. Maya is now 3 months old and is a terrible sleeper. Although at night she can sleep 3-4 hours inbetween feedings but that is after it takes us 3 hours to put her down and she wakes up at the first sign of day. durring the day she doesnt nap. she is constantly crying and i know that it is because she is tired. She just doesnt know how to fall asleep and if she does it doesnt last longer than 10 minutes. The wierd thing is that she doesnt even fall asleep in the car. She can cry for an hours drive. The problem seems to be that she doesnt know how to relax enough in order to move into sleep mode. I keep the house calm, i dont use props to get her to sleep, i know that she is getting enough to eat and she doesnt seem to be collicky. Please shed some light onto the situation! Any advice would do! Dear Dana,
Your program worked wonders on our eldest at 5 months! So I am a firm believer in the SSP! imagine my surprise when it failed with my new baby. I was doing it since day 1. Maya is now 3 months old and is a terrible sleeper. Although at night she can sleep 3-4 hours inbetween feedings but that is after it takes us 3 hours to put her down and she wakes up at the first sign of day. durring the day she doesnt nap. she is constantly crying and i know that it is because she is tired. She just doesnt know how to fall asleep and if she does it doesnt last longer than 10 minutes. The wierd thing is that she doesnt even fall asleep in the car. She can cry for an hours drive. The problem seems to be that she doesnt know how to relax enough in order to move into sleep mode. I keep the house calm, i dont use props to get her to sleep, i know that she is getting enough to eat and she doesnt seem to be collicky. Please shed some light onto the situation! Any advice would do!

]]> By: Sarah Mayerfeld http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/how-to-know-when-your-child-is-tired/#comment-14670 Sarah Mayerfeld Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:43:56 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=84#comment-14670 The best way to go is cold turkey. When your child realizes that there is no bottle to be waking up for he will sleep longer. What he is doing know is waking up early for the chance that there might be a bottle provided for him... but he is still tired. obviously when he gets the bottle he does fall back to sleep. When he gets the picture that there is no bottle and that when he calls for you he is not rewarded with a bottle he will eventually choose to sleep longer. best of luck. The best way to go is cold turkey. When your child realizes that there is no bottle to be waking up for he will sleep longer. What he is doing know is waking up early for the chance that there might be a bottle provided for him… but he is still tired. obviously when he gets the bottle he does fall back to sleep. When he gets the picture that there is no bottle and that when he calls for you he is not rewarded with a bottle he will eventually choose to sleep longer. best of luck.

]]> By: Joe http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/how-to-know-when-your-child-is-tired/#comment-10159 Joe Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:51:50 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=84#comment-10159 Pacifiers are not needed, but given how comforting they can be to infants, I think they are a good thing (for a while). When our child was old enough we made a ceremony out of stopping the use of his pacifier. We had him gather all of his pacifiers and threw them away together and talked about it. We talked about what happened to them for a few days but he eventually accepted his participation in ending their use and we never looked back. Pacifiers are a great thing for children and parents alike. I say enjoy them for a while. At some point they will no longer be there to quiet a cry or buy you those few minutes to finish your dinner. Pacifiers are not needed, but given how comforting they can be to infants, I think they are a good thing (for a while).

When our child was old enough we made a ceremony out of stopping the use of his pacifier. We had him gather all of his pacifiers and threw them away together and talked about it. We talked about what happened to them for a few days but he eventually accepted his participation in ending their use and we never looked back.

Pacifiers are a great thing for children and parents alike. I say enjoy them for a while. At some point they will no longer be there to quiet a cry or buy you those few minutes to finish your dinner.

]]> By: Joe http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/how-to-know-when-your-child-is-tired/#comment-10158 Joe Thu, 09 Sep 2010 04:35:39 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=84#comment-10158 My child is in his second year of preschool and seems to not want to wake up for school in the morning, he often yawns in class and during his after school karate class and generally looks tired. We put him down at 8:30 every night. When should he go to sleep and how many hours a night should he be sleeping? He has to be up by 7 am to get ready for school. Isn't 10 hours enough? My child is in his second year of preschool and seems to not want to wake up for school in the morning, he often yawns in class and during his after school karate class and generally looks tired. We put him down at 8:30 every night. When should he go to sleep and how many hours a night should he be sleeping? He has to be up by 7 am to get ready for school. Isn’t 10 hours enough?

]]> By: marine http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/how-to-know-when-your-child-is-tired/#comment-10089 marine Tue, 07 Sep 2010 22:00:05 +0000 http://www.sleepsense.net/blog/?p=84#comment-10089 thanks thanks

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