Sleep Training: Teddy Bears
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Need Sleep!
Asked by S.P. from Los Angeles
on December 26, 2006
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I request sleep! My 5 month old is waking up 3-4 times a night. She has been doing this for the past 2 months. This is our routine: Bath at about 8pm, nursing sess...
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- Limit the time she sleeps during the day. It's not easy at first and will take about 2 weeks to get her into this routine. My first child, a girl, slept all the time a...
- I have a 4 month old who was doing the same thing 2 months ago. I had to let him cry it out for about a week and now all I have to do is bath at 6:30 bottle then lay h...
- Oh those are not fun times, my Son was in the Hospital until he was 1 month old because he was a Preemie, when we took him Home he would wake up every three hours to e...
When to Start Sleep Training in a Conflicted, Separating Household?
Asked by C.M. from Miami
on July 1, 2011
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My son is 7 months old and absolutely refuses to go to sleep without me. He screams when in his crib. Not only, does he want to be in bed with me but also cuddled clos...
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- Due to the soon to be MAJOR upheaval and change in the family dynamic... now more than ever your infant child will need your safety, love, comfort and breast. Co-slee...
- Co sleep until you have moved and are resettled six weeks. Then move your son to a crib next to your bed. He won't be able to climb out of it if it is one of those d...
- I would rock my son until he was asleep and then put him in the crib. He would wake up as soon as I laid him down and start to cry. We got one of the heartbeat bears a...
Help We Need Sleep!!!!
Asked by A.M. from New York
on May 1, 2008
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I have a 23 month old son who's never been a great sleeper but not too horrible either. however for the last 3 weeks he's been waking up EVERY hour. he doesn't cry or ...
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- Is he awake or is he sleep walking when he comes to get you?When he comes to wake you, try sleeping with him in his room. Perhaps your pregnancy is affecting your son...
- Hi A., Your son may see that you are changing and wants to make sure things are okay. If it were me I would try getting one of those teddy bears that you can record...
- If he is happy and his room is baby proofed, put a door nob safety lock on the inside of his bedroom door so he can't get out. We have one in my 2 year old daughters ...
6Wk Old Baby Needs to Be Held to Sleep
Asked by M.P. from New York
on April 12, 2008
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Hi, i understand that baby's sleep habits will change from time to time. I want to know if my baby girl 6 wks is too young to let cry to sleep. since birth she slept a...
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- you can never hold a little baby too much! my daughters were both very alert and the first took 20 min naps as a newborn and was hours less in total sleep time than t...
- I think its ok to hold her to sleep at 6 weeks old. at that age they only cry when they need something. we held her to sleep the first few months then did the cry to s...
- no way! i don't think it is possible to hold a newborn "too much." however, if you are needing sleep or just a break or rest from your little one, that is a differen...
2 Year Old Sleep Problems - Please Help
Asked by S.P. from New York
on August 27, 2010
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Hi. My almost 2 year old is having sleep problems and I m 8.5 months pregnant and nearly going insane from it. She will wake up and scream and cry all night. All she w...
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- take a deep breath, realize she ISN'T hurt, there's no reason to freak out and stress yourself out - and decide to get through it. you are, i hate to say it, doing it...
- Could there be something wrong with her bed at home? or with the room? maybe she's scared? is she in a big bed or a toddler bed? can you try to lay down next to her an...
- Hi there, so I have an idea for you. Your daughter is still very young and can sense that things in her life are about to change dramatically. There is a time and seas...
Nite Time Potty Training
Asked by C.E. from Muncie
on March 10, 2008
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My daughter turned 4 in January. She's been daytime PT since she was 3 1/2. I decided to start trying to potty train her thru the night by having her potty b4 bedtime ...
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- When I potty trained my now 4 1/2 year old at age 3, she did well during the day but had accidents during the night. We did the pull-ups routine and didn't switch to u...
- I agree that she just may not be ready for night-time training. My son just turned 5 & he just started staying dry all night a couple of weeks ago. I believe that th...
- First make sure it is not medical. Then raise the foot of her bed so it puts more pressure on her bladder.She may not get the signal until it is too late since she is ...
Do You Think This Is Weird? Updated
Asked by J.S. from Dallas
on December 22, 2010
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My BFF and I were out Christmas shopping for our kids. We passed by a kiosk selling pillow pets. She thought they were cute and I commented that I love my pillow pet...
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- funny, i used to sleep with a larger soft stuffed animal and now i don't remember when i stopped! but it was like hugging a pillow...but my weird sleep thing is befor...
- I don't but I do like to bundle up my down comforter, not so much for cuddle factor, just because it is comfortable.
- I don't think I have had a "lovey", even as a child. I don't like a lot of "stuff" in my bed when I'm sleeping. Really... none of my college roomies had stuffed anim...
Co Sleeping Not for Me
Asked by K.L. from Phoenix
on August 9, 2006
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My son is 6 weeks old and loves to sleep on my chest to nap or at night. When I put him in his basinet (asleep) he wakes himself up and cries. I have tried to sing to ...
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- I know that pediatricians recommend against this, so I am only going to tell you want we did with our first daughter who is now two. She would not sleep on her back o...
- Ok K., I'm a K. too. I have b&g twins and my son slept with us until 15months of age. But we also didn't mind it until he grew. (I wrote all this thinking your ...
- Hey!! Congrats on ur baby first of all!! My son had a lot of health problems when he was first born, and so it was terrible all around... I REALLY wanted to cosleep an...
3 Year Old in Mom & Dad's Bed Every Night
Asked by B.S. from Pittsburgh
on April 21, 2008
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Our 3 year old daughter has been coming into our bed every night. She is not afraid & has no real reason to be there. It is making us lose sleep terribly. Looking f...
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- there is great success with a reward system as Michelle M has mentioned. I think it is a great idea. I however, cosleep with my younger children. I am here to say...
- I would go take her out and buy her some new sheets for her new bed. make a big deal out of it and tell she can only have them if she sleeps in her own bed. you need t...
- My 3.5 yo daughter does the same thing. I let her crawl into bed then immediately tell her it's time for her to go back to her bed and I take her back to her room. S...
How Big Is Too Big
Asked by M. from Houston
on October 3, 2006
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My mother says I'm being mean so I thought I would ask. When is a little one too big or too old to be sleeping on mamma? My mother insist that her kids (4 of us) sle...
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- This is only for you to decide, cuddling is great too. My daughter slept on my husbands chest for a long time and now shes 7 and cant sleep by herself, My other two c...
- LEt me first start by saying, what you don't fix now will be harder to fix the older he is! I have a 5 yr old and a 2 yr old, and we still hae issues with our 5 year ...
- Break the habit now! I have a friend with an 11 year old who gets out of his bed EVERY night and gets into theirs. They also have a 3 year old that has never slept i...
