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<blockquote data-quote="dstc_99" data-source="post: 575406" data-attributes="member: 15473"><p>Honestly it sounds like you are doing the exact opposite of what is needed to get her to sleep. My easy child has extreme trouble sleeping and so do I. While medication such as melatonin and or prescriptions can be helpful even the best of us can stay up after taking them if we are stimulated. TV, light, talking, movement, and all kinds of things can cause a child to stay awake. I would spend some time trying to remove stimulants before I jumped off the end and went to a doctor for a diagnosis. It could really be a medical thing and if so then treatment is needed but sometimes it is simply overstimulation from the surroundings.</p><p></p><p>Try turning off the TV, turning off the lights, playing white noise or even "spa music", cutting off all caffiene after noon, possibly melatonin, and removing all stimulants. One hint with white noise or music is that you want to find something that doesn't have running water or things like birds chirping. Those type of things stimulate you to urinate or to listen for the next time the bird chirps. Things with a melody that can be hummed along to or sung don't help either. What I have found is an album called "Liquid Mind VIII: Sleep" that is available through Pandora or in my case I bought it and put it on itunes. My husband and I find it extremely low key but it kills all the noise around us enough to shut our minds off. We truly sleep better with it on. </p><p></p><p>Would it be possible to put daughter 2 in your room until she is asleep and then move her to her room? You could create a non stimulous area (IE no toys and cute things on the walls) and try it for a bit. Heck you could even lay down with her yourself so that you could see the things that stimulate her and remove them as needed. If it works then you could implement it in her room. It wont hurt daughter 3 and could even help her to sleep better.</p><p></p><p>Just my 2 cents. Of course if that doesn't work at the very least you can tell the therapist, psychiatrist, or whomever that you have tried all the things suggested and they don't work. I wasted a lot of time not trying the basics with my easy child but found they work relatively well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dstc_99, post: 575406, member: 15473"] Honestly it sounds like you are doing the exact opposite of what is needed to get her to sleep. My easy child has extreme trouble sleeping and so do I. While medication such as melatonin and or prescriptions can be helpful even the best of us can stay up after taking them if we are stimulated. TV, light, talking, movement, and all kinds of things can cause a child to stay awake. I would spend some time trying to remove stimulants before I jumped off the end and went to a doctor for a diagnosis. It could really be a medical thing and if so then treatment is needed but sometimes it is simply overstimulation from the surroundings. Try turning off the TV, turning off the lights, playing white noise or even "spa music", cutting off all caffiene after noon, possibly melatonin, and removing all stimulants. One hint with white noise or music is that you want to find something that doesn't have running water or things like birds chirping. Those type of things stimulate you to urinate or to listen for the next time the bird chirps. Things with a melody that can be hummed along to or sung don't help either. What I have found is an album called "Liquid Mind VIII: Sleep" that is available through Pandora or in my case I bought it and put it on itunes. My husband and I find it extremely low key but it kills all the noise around us enough to shut our minds off. We truly sleep better with it on. Would it be possible to put daughter 2 in your room until she is asleep and then move her to her room? You could create a non stimulous area (IE no toys and cute things on the walls) and try it for a bit. Heck you could even lay down with her yourself so that you could see the things that stimulate her and remove them as needed. If it works then you could implement it in her room. It wont hurt daughter 3 and could even help her to sleep better. Just my 2 cents. Of course if that doesn't work at the very least you can tell the therapist, psychiatrist, or whomever that you have tried all the things suggested and they don't work. I wasted a lot of time not trying the basics with my easy child but found they work relatively well. [/QUOTE]
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