HELP PLEASE For Those Who Have TODDLERS
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Hello everyone, I need some help.... I have a son who just turned one and hes been going through separation anxiety..... its been such a battle to get him to sleep in his crib.... if i bring him into our bed he will sleep all night but then I cant sleep because he is all over the place.... i have tried letting him cry himself to sleep and it doesnt really work... he'll cry like this fake whimper for the longest time and i get so tired of waiting for him to go to bed... i've tried rocking him to sleep but then he just thinks its time to play.... i've even put different things in his crib like a mirror and a pooh story book that lights up and signs lullabys and that didnt work..... if he does fall asleep and i put him in his crib i will get lucky if he doesnt wake up in the first hour... and even when he does go to bed he still gets up screaming in the middle of the night..... i'm at my wits end.... i cant get any sleep and my husband and i are trying now for a second child..... and i know what it was like when i was preg with him and you get so tired and i dont want to go through this with him..... does anyone have a similar expierence with some advice...??? i dont know what to do..... i'm so frustrated.... i've even tried making his bed smell like me so that he'd think i was with him and that only worked like the first night.... he will take naps in his crib during the day with no problems at all.... but at night time its terrible.....i dont know what to do and i need some help..... give me a cure!!! please!
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I don't know how well it works, but I've seen lavender baby bath that claims to sooth and relax babies. Maybe a warm bath, prior to bedtime might help. If you turn the light off in his room, perhaps you can keep it on instead, along with soft music (radio or cd). Or, perhaps you could put up his crib in your room, and then, as he falls asleep in it (if it works), move it back into his room. No matter what, be a__sured this is only a phase...it WILL pa__s.
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hi. i have 4 kids and i have been through this a bunch of times. the thing is everyone has different ideas. there is the leave them in bed screaming idea that they'll eventually cry themselves tosleep but i tried that once and it was HORRIBLE . what i found the best for me is putting the baby in the crib and sitting or lying down next to them in a chair or bed and telling them that now they are going to sleep and mommy is right here and they are much more relaxed seeing that you are there. after a couple of times you can leave before they fall alsleep. but as i said there are lots of methods. good luck.
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