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<blockquote data-quote="toughlovin" data-source="post: 394045"><p>I too have a child who is a night owl. Always has been. I was the only mother of a newborn who got up and read the paper and had a cup of coffee in the morning before her baby woke up..... but getting him to sleep at night was always a problem. So at some point in time, I realized I could not make him sleep. So we had to set limits around bed time, he could stay in his room, he could read books, etc. but I stopped trying to make him go to sleep. One of his issues when he was young was the dark, so for years we let him leave the light on. Eventually he grew out of that. He would also wake up in the night scared and want to climb into bed with us.... which meant we did not sleep well. We finally put a mat and sleeping bag on the floor in our room and if he woke up at night he could come in and sleep on the floor. For several years more often than not we would find him on the floor in the morning but at least we slept through him coming in. So my suggestion is to sit down with her and talk to her about what she can and can't do at night. Really she is at an age where her sleeping is kind of under her control. If she doesn't get enough sleep she will be tired. She may be cranky. But really you can't make her sleep. So set some limits around night time, like she needs to stay in her room, or she can sleep on your floor. She can read, or do something in her room. BUT she needs to let YOU sleep because you need it. Have her be part of the discussion about what would help her at night. I personally would not put a tv in her room. I know for my son that would have been a disaster because he would have stayed up all night watching it. As he got older he did do this... not in his room but downstairs. So for him the TV would just keep him up longer. Good luck it is a hard issue. medications can help and at times did help my son if you want to go that route.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="toughlovin, post: 394045"] I too have a child who is a night owl. Always has been. I was the only mother of a newborn who got up and read the paper and had a cup of coffee in the morning before her baby woke up..... but getting him to sleep at night was always a problem. So at some point in time, I realized I could not make him sleep. So we had to set limits around bed time, he could stay in his room, he could read books, etc. but I stopped trying to make him go to sleep. One of his issues when he was young was the dark, so for years we let him leave the light on. Eventually he grew out of that. He would also wake up in the night scared and want to climb into bed with us.... which meant we did not sleep well. We finally put a mat and sleeping bag on the floor in our room and if he woke up at night he could come in and sleep on the floor. For several years more often than not we would find him on the floor in the morning but at least we slept through him coming in. So my suggestion is to sit down with her and talk to her about what she can and can't do at night. Really she is at an age where her sleeping is kind of under her control. If she doesn't get enough sleep she will be tired. She may be cranky. But really you can't make her sleep. So set some limits around night time, like she needs to stay in her room, or she can sleep on your floor. She can read, or do something in her room. BUT she needs to let YOU sleep because you need it. Have her be part of the discussion about what would help her at night. I personally would not put a tv in her room. I know for my son that would have been a disaster because he would have stayed up all night watching it. As he got older he did do this... not in his room but downstairs. So for him the TV would just keep him up longer. Good luck it is a hard issue. medications can help and at times did help my son if you want to go that route. [/QUOTE]
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