Staying in Bed & Monsters
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4 Year Old Won't Sleep Alone
Asked by M.G. from Raleigh
on March 17, 2008
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Any ideas on how to make my 4 year old girl sleep alone? She says she's afraid of the dark. Every night it's a
struggle to get her to go to bed.
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- I have a friend who had the same problem with her 4-year-old who claimed monsters were in his room. The daycare helped her out and seem to have solved the problem. Y...
- let her pick out a special night light that she likes. they have this really great one at babies r us that looks like a little toy. it is battery operated and they can...
- Hi M., I have a 5 year old and 2 year old. We've had our share of the night time fears too. The year our daughter was four we felt that it was really important f...
I Have a Toddler Wanderer!
Asked by D.M. from San Diego
on January 6, 2010
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My daughter will be turning three in March, and over the past couple of weeks she has come into our room in the middle of the night. She will go to sleep just fine in...
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- Dear D., If your daughter does not really disturb your sleep once she's in bed/room...or modifications can be made so that this is the case...why not just let her...
- I agree with Rachel. We put our daughter in her bed, then put a baby gate up at her door and closed it. She learned within a week that when it was night time, she n...
- Sorry, but you are going to have to walk her back each time or else she will continue to do it because she knows you will give in. Enlist your husbands help in this,...
Sleeping Problems
Asked by A.T. from Jackson
on February 20, 2008
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My 2 1/2 year old son has always been a wonderful sleeper until here recently. He has never wanted to sleep eith my husband and me. Over the past few weeks he wakes ...
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- My answer isn't the right one for everyone. But I have had the same problem with both of my girls (one is 6 - she is in her own room and my "baby" will be 2 in April)....
- 3 a.m must be the magic hour because my daughter has woken up at this time since she was about a year, she is two now. i tried eveything, night time bubble bath and lo...
- Do what i did for my grand daughter ,I took glow in the dark stars and stuff and made a scenery on the ceiing. Spray painted the angle in flight with them and that's a...
I Need Advice
Asked by A.D. from Cincinnati
on March 15, 2007
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I need advice on what to do about my boyfriend and my 7 year old child. We recently moved in together and every other night my daughter is coming in our bedroom waking...
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- Put your child first,men will come and go and back stab you and cheat.....and want more undivided attention then a baby..be mature ,he is not...this is so unfair to yo...
- You're daughter can probably sense his feelings and it's making her anxious. I would let your boyfriend know that she is first priority until she adjusts to this situ...
- A., It sounds like your boyfriend has issues. You should hae thought harder and made things very clear from the get go. That your little girl and you are a packag...
My Baby Sleeping with Me!
Asked by J.H. from Dallas
on March 31, 2008
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Hi mama's! Okay...I have done the terrible thing! I let my precious little baby start sleeping with me. This has been going on for about 2 months now. My husband s...
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- Get a copy of the book "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child". It will tell you how to sleep train your baby to put themselves to sleep in their own bed. It is great. ...
- I did the same and I have NO regrets. We joke about the family bed, but I know my son has benefited from the sense of security he has when he's with us. They make co...
- First of all your baby is asleep so he is not thinking about love, also, once you start this it is REAL hard to break them of this. I have a friend who has a 2 year ol...
How to Get My Pre-schooler Backing to Going to Sleep on Her Own
Asked by P.H. from Houston
on April 12, 2011
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Hi moms,
I seemed to have struggled with this issue a couple of times before, but now we are at the age of temper tantrums and dramatics.
My three and a half yea...
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- we had this issue with my two year old when we moved. and we had to do strict cio with her. it was the only thing that would work. and now she goes to bed on her ow...
- Can you use a timer? Tell her you have to leave when it goes off. Each night shave off a minute or 2. I wouldn't take the "big girls don't do this" route. I would...
- What do you do when she cries and begs? Whatever you do is exactly what you have taught her will happen every time she cries and begs. I remember one time when my da...
2 Year Old Sleeping Problem
Asked by J.D. from New York
on August 6, 2008
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Help! Our son, who turned two last month and was a great sleeper, has suddenly become a disaster at bed time. For the past week he has cried (and screamed) hysterica...
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- Hi J., Your children are close as my first 2 were. I have raised 5. They will grow up together and this difficult time will pass. Your baby is teething but the older ...
- Oh I feel your pain. Our son is 3 now, but when he was 2 1/2, he did the same thing. Just one night, he was hysterical before bed and wanted me right there in his room...
- My son is 2.5 and sometimes he is restless and throws things out of his crib to get attention and talkes to us to stay up later. After a few minutes I just start tell...
Imaginary Bogeyman
Asked by R.L. from New York
on November 3, 2010
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My 3 year old has recently become scared of something in the bedroom. He doesn't want to go to bed (he's been falling asleep in the living room and we transfer him aft...
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- I had a similar situation with my son. Turns out we had a ghost. Seriously. We found out as we were moving out that a previous owner had died unexpectedly in the ho...
- It is so hard to know what your son is experiencing and what will comfort him. At the risk of sounding a little crazy, I will say that there is a whole spiritual side...
- 2-3 year olds... developmentally.... develop "fears".... whether that be ambiguous or specific. It is developmental based. Their cognition and imaginations... are chan...
My Toddler Is Having Sleep Problems Due to Nightmares
Asked by N.L. from Washington DC
on February 11, 2008
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I need some suggestions on how to deal with my daughter's nightmares. She is 2 1/2 yo and started to have nightmares about 2 weeks ago. She also has developed a fear...
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- Hi there! I am a mother of two and have experienced something like this in the past. May I suggest you turn the light on and give the child some happy soothing music...
- My three year old is having nightmares. The only thing that helps so far is that at night BEFORE sleeping, we talk extensively about our day. Every little bump and yel...
- Our daughter suffered from bad dreams from 18 months until 3 years. They simply stopped the same way they suddenly began. We asked our pediatrician about it -- it's s...
Nightlight Suggestions
Asked by E.H. from Des Moines
on October 1, 2008
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Does anyone have any suggestions on nighlights? My 3 1/2 year old daughter will not sleep without her bedroom light on. I've tried the outlet nightlight, but she sti...
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- Hi E., I was just at my SIL's house and she had these very neat LED nightlights that changed colors. It would fade into red, then blue, then green, etc. They don'...
- We bought our 2 1/2 year old the Mobi night light from Babies R Us and she loves it. It is a rechargeable night light that your child can literally sleep with. It do...
- Vessel makes these great little lights shaped like little people that turn off automatically and recharge in their base. You get two for each base so if you happen to...
