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How to stop the night wakings?
cjra wrote:
On Mar 13, 4:13 pm, Anne Rogers wrote: So this is where you have to get creative, is there anyway at all you can create a space for her - even if it means moving something every night all a room has to be is a space where you can put a crib that is not within reach of anything that can do her harm, which mean placing something in the middle of an otherwise empty and undecorated room is an option - it's what my parents do at their house, they have a room with shelving all around the walls and precious things on them, it's a small room, but a crib in the middle is far enough from everything. I had friends who's baby slept in the kitchen, they moved the crib from the hall to the kitchen every single night and every nap, it was a pain but their kid had a normal or even better than normal sleep routine at every age. Our problem is lack of doors - all the doors have been removed and sent of for stripping (lead paint removal), . So without doors, Why does the area have to be quiet? One of the other things that my mom told me was not to tiptoe around when the baby was asleep because then she would wake at every noise. Whereas when you are running the vacuum or dishwasher or whatever, or if she had siblings playing around, she'd get used to some noise. Is it that quiet at the daycare when she takes her nap? Really it is better to do this - otherwise every time you go on a trip she won't sleep. there's no way to make the area quiet for her to sleep and still have us do anything else in the house. That's why I don' t put her in the room I've been using. There are only two other rooms which *can* be closed off and are otherwise safe, we don't have *that* many rooms in the house to begin with. Well, there is the bathroom but I'd rather not put her to sleep in there.... If the next few options don't work we'll consider re-arranging beds and closing off a room somehow. I'm trying to do this without totally re-structuring the house, if at all possible. |
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How to stop the night wakings?
"Rosalie B." wrote in message
... Why does the area have to be quiet? One of the other things that my mom told me was not to tiptoe around when the baby was asleep because then she would wake at every noise. Whereas when you are running the vacuum or dishwasher or whatever, or if she had siblings playing around, she'd get used to some noise. Is it that quiet at the daycare when she takes her nap? There are babies who will not sleep through normal noises. My first two babies slept through everything, but my youngest did not. She can't sleep in total silence, either. She sleeps with a fan. When she was a baby, if we were not silent, she would not sleep. She was already a horrible sleeper, and because I knew you weren't supposed to be quiet when babies were sleeping it was quite awhile before we tried being really quiet during her napping. It did help somewhat. I can't sleep through things, either. The husband, he can sleep through absolutely anything. Really. Marie |
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How to stop the night wakings?
"lu-lu" wrote in message ... I don't know if your DD's up for a change, but I recently bought Jessica alittle table and chair. I guess you guys have the same thing over there - it's one of the plastic ones that looks like mini garden furniture. She's a real girlie-girl, so I found one in pink and she loves it. My boys use the little tables as jungle gyms mainly but Ben was always mad at his highchair. They have been at boosters at the regular table for some time now. She's at an age to try that out if the she decides she is anti-highchair again. -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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How to stop the night wakings?
"cjra" wrote in message ... This isn't a solution for us. It's only 15 mins or so commute home from daycare, not worth stopping and as it is she refuses to eat anyway more than 1/2 the time. I've noticed ont he few nights she's awake later, she's hungry later. I've also tried putting her straight to bed when we get home and it doesn't fly. She has no desire to sleep at that time. Last night we didn't have a meltdown for a change. I'm actually wondering if she's eating too much at daycare. I send her b'fast, snack and lunch, and the babysitter feeds her whatever the other kids are eating. I've considered not sending anything and let her eat only what she has there, but I supply more 'healthy' stuff so I want her to at least have that stuff first. So I think at 5-6pm she's not that hungry, but it kicks in later. The witching hour is very common, especially with kids that go to daycare. Ben is sometimes a fright at that time of day and he doesn't even go to daycare. He is high strung and when he tips over the edge he just can't eat - no matter if he was hungry. Then he is crying because he's unhappy, because he's hungry, mad at his chair, he doesn't know what he wants. I've had to just let him work it out for the most part because I have other kids to feed but if you think this might be something you are dealing with you might consider just coming home and doing nothing. Put a few finger snacks (like peas, cheese, or other healthy things) down and then just sitting with her. Sort of try to make that witching hour more calm. It might not work, or might not be the issue - just throwing it out there. |
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How to stop the night wakings?
MarieD wrote:
"Rosalie B." wrote in message ... Why does the area have to be quiet? One of the other things that my mom told me was not to tiptoe around when the baby was asleep because then she would wake at every noise. Whereas when you are running the vacuum or dishwasher or whatever, or if she had siblings playing around, she'd get used to some noise. Is it that quiet at the daycare when she takes her nap? There are babies who will not sleep through normal noises. My first two babies slept through everything, but my youngest did not. She can't sleep in total silence, either. She sleeps with a fan. When she was a baby, if we were not silent, she would not sleep. She was already a horrible sleeper, and because I knew you weren't supposed to be quiet when babies were sleeping it was quite awhile before we tried being really quiet during her napping. It did help somewhat. I can't sleep through things, either. The husband, he can sleep through absolutely anything. Really. I think it's one of those things that in an ideal world would be fine. But we live in the real world, there is both the individual level of sensitivity and the fact that we know that sleep goes in cycles. There is also the sense of a physical barrier, in a room open and close to the rest of the house, there will be awareness of parental activities that the child may want to be involved in. Shutting a door is more than just blocking out sound - we've had a few issues here, DS and DD share, DD is younger and closing the door seems to be very symbolic to her, she knows that means you stay in bed. For a while DS struggled with the dark and wanted the door open, which would mean DD wouldn't stay in bed, even if she didn't come out of the room, the door was a symbolic barrier between staying in bed and going to sleep and getting out and playing. Anne |
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How to stop the night wakings?
"cjra" wrote in message ... I do think the bath is part of the problem too, as she sees that as play time and gets very excited, so instead of its calming effect it's the opposite. It had been part of our bedtime routine but clearly is not working. I may try to move that to right when we get home before dinner I think that sounds like a really good idea. -- Nikki, mama to Hunter 4/99 Luke 4/01 Brock 4/06 Ben 4/06 |
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How to stop the night wakings?
"cjra" wrote in message
... I do think the bath is part of the problem too, as she sees that as play time and gets very excited, so instead of its calming effect it's the opposite. It had been part of our bedtime routine but clearly is not working. That's how it was for us, too. I always wondered where all the kids were who became relaxed from taking a bath! I may try to move that to right when we get home before dinner (although if she makes a huge mess at dinner, it's easier to clean her in the bath) and see if that helps. I think she does need some more wind down time after dinner tho. I know it's hard to not play with her after you've been working and haven't seen her all day! Have you tried a fan in the room while she's sleeping? Since the noise is constant and soothing, *maybe* if she woke in the night it would let her drift back down into sleep without fully waking up. Alot of people can't sleep with total silence (I hear this constant high-pitched noise if music or a fan is not on). Of course you many have already tried it, I haven't read all the posts. Other than that I can't think of anything else to try. Good luck! Marie |
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How to stop the night wakings?
"Chris" wrote in message
... My 2-y/o loves to hit his Ocean Wonders mobile button, and he has done so since before the age of 1 actually. I hear it playing sometimes 4 or 5 times a night on the baby monitor, but he is obviously able to comfort himself back to sleep with either the music or the light. I always loved to hear the babies/toddlers playing before they fall back to sleep!! It feels like such a magical time for me, sweet and private, to hear them singing or laughing in the bed. My husband and I used to sit at the kid's bedroom door and listen for so long. Now we live in a 2-story home and the kids are all upstairs, but sometimes I can hear the 5 year old singing before she falls asleep. It's so lovely! Marie |
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How to stop the night wakings?
"cjra" wrote in message
... The nursing to sleep is an issue. How does one stop this? When I don't nurse her to sleep, she just cries and cries. That said, when I'm not here, DH is able to get her to sleep. But if she knows I'm in the house, she won't stop til she has me. I experienced that with my own family. My youngest grew out of nursing to sleep, but would nurse a few minutes before bedtime until she was almost 5. If I was away from home though, my husband had no trouble and she'd even fall asleep while they were rocking (I rocked all of my children before bed when they were little) Well, since she's always co-slept, the whole transition to crib will be an issue. Just so you know- co-sleeping isn't always the cause of sleeping problems. Alot of people seem to blame co-sleeping, but many babies who have only slept in cribs have sleep problems also. My youngest wouldn't sleep alone or with us, she just didn't sleep more than 2 hours at a time until she hit about 14 months. Just wanted to reassure you. I've known many co-sleepers, and I haven't known any teenagers who can't sleep alone ) We already decided that when we get to that stage, we're going to bang pots in her room as payback ;-) My oldest is almost 13, and I sometimes throw her stuffed animals at her until she gets up. The older kids can be helpful if they happen to wake up before me; they will get the little one breakfast and let me sleep. But that's rare these days lol. Marie |
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How to stop the night wakings?
On Mar 13, 6:34*pm, Rosalie B. wrote:
cjra wrote: Our problem is lack of doors - all the doors have been removed and sent of for stripping (lead paint removal), . So without doors, Why does the area have to be quiet? * Lights on, tv (sometimes), computer etc. all within a few feet of her? Maybe your child can fall asleep with that, mine has never been able to. All the usual 'house' noises. Frankly I don't expect anyone to be able to sleep through all that. Perfectly silent? no, but constant stimulation in the form of lights, talking etc, she can't handle that. One of the other things that my mom told me was not to tiptoe around when the baby was asleep because then she would wake at every noise. *Whereas when you are running the vacuum or dishwasher or whatever, or if she had siblings playing around, she'd get used to some noise. *Is it that quiet at the daycare when she takes her nap? * Yes, it's an in-home daycare and all the kids nap at the same time. Really it is better to do this - otherwise every time you go on a trip she won't sleep. Oddly enough, as we've travelled with her a lot, she sleeps well on the road. |
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