HELP- A kid that doesn't sleep

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Heh, you should see what DD#2 goes to bed with. Cars, blocks, books, toys, several blankets, a music keyboard, a wind-up lullaby music thing, the works! Without them, we get screaming. Looks like this: http://giraffian.com/files/images/ca...ng.preview.jpg and has done for aages. When she was smaller we swaddled her and corked her with the dummy and HAD to have a night light on. When I stopped BF she HAD to have a sippy cup of water in bed.

We just took the side off her bed. Now she thinks this is a license to get out and visit us at 11pm if she's not asleep yet

[HotI]

too cute!

[onthefly]

My DS was very much like this. It's good that night sleep is not too bad - that's something at least (most of the time)
It's hard to know, and only you can ultimately judge, but I certainly found there was no point in trying much. Just made my life harder.

There was always a reason why he couldn't sleep - developmental, physical, whatever. Things improved markedly for day sleeps after 15-16 months. Night sleeps he slept through for the first time at 19 months, but still needed ltos of help going to sleep. It wasn't till nearly 2 that he stopped fighting it all the time

The only thing that helped me was finding ways to cope better, rather than trying to change him. We coslept a lot. We used the HAB (sooo hard wen you have stay upright and moving - DS was the same). I walked him to sleep. I timed outings for sleepy times. Till 15-16 months, he rarely slept longer than 30 mins at a time during the day. No matter what.

so, in sum, I have no real advice for you.

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Ours was just TOO grouchy to co-sleep with. We slept in shifts instead - I got to go to bed relatively early while the other half dealt with grouchypants (he'd bring her to me to feed and take her away after) and then he'd sleep in in the morning while I was up dealing with grouchypants.

[onthefly]

We did that at times too Elf. DS is an absolutely shocking bed hog, but still worked best a lot of the time (for him anyway)

[kungfubecca]

I wish i could offer a suggestion, but i read this hoping for some ideas myself.
I brought home a fabulous sleeper, her brother was also but both went hay wire at 4 months, and it seems to get worse for me and I just can't get back to the good sleep routine. DS now 3 is still a shocking sleeper, and I so don't want to head down the same path.

Although annoying I can cope during the day ok, it's when I am screeming why in the middle of the night after 3 nights of not reaching rem sleep at all i'm ready to run away from home.

PS i just ate 3 chocolates due to frustration with sleep didn't help the sleep but i felt better

[BabyMama]

hi kate07

hugs for you!! our DS (who is now just over 2) was never a good sleeper. we tried so many things, anguished over different methods and advice but in the end it seemed easier to go with the flow - some things worked for a small period of time and other things were useless.

DS still doesn't sleep well but has had periods in the last 2 years where he's been OK. we just do what we have to do to get through each day and know that things change.

hang in there - eventually we will get sleep!! sounds like last night was better

[onthefly]

After a while I realised that there was always a reason why DS wasn't sleeping well. Mostly I couldn't figure out what the reasons were till after the fact (if ever), but it helped me to resign myslef (like babymama ). Every now and then the stars align with jupiter and hey presto, he sleeps! And he has been heaps better in the past 6 monhts or so, except if he's sick, or has a nightmare, or overtired, or.....
A lot of parents crow about what a great sleeper their baby is. Well my son is a crap sleeper, but he's pretty brilliant in just about every other way

[kungfubecca]

Well my son is a crap sleeper, but he's pretty brilliant in just about every other way

I like this

[HotI]

A lot of parents crow about what a great sleeper their baby is. Well my son is a crap sleeper, but he's pretty brilliant in just about every other way

Love it!