My Sons Not Sleeping

Try a continue play CD player with soft lulaby music. It worked for my dd. I tried everything for 23 mos. and thats the only thing that worked. She's 31mos now and only wakes up to potty she still has that CD player going. Hope it helps.

Hi Dayla,
One thing that helps my little ones sleep is white noise. So I went and bought a couple of small fans and put them in thier bedrooms. Make sure they are pointing away from the child so you don't freeze em though. It helps keep them from hearing all the little sounds at night to have a soft constant noise. It might work for you. Good luck.

He could be acting like that for a number of reasons. It could be teething, an ear infection, or he could be getting a cold. I used to look around in my son's mouth when he was like that to see if he was about to cut any teeth. If it was teething I would give him a little children's motrin before bed. If he kept up the wakeless nights I had to take him to the Dr. a few times and found out he had ear infections.

Good luck.

Just to rule it out, have your pediatrician or ENT check his ears. My son would do the same thing, and each time his ears either had fluid (which built up pressure in his ears) or were infected. When he was laying with me, he was propped up enough that the pressure in his ears was different. May not be what's happening, but something to rule out at least! Hope you get a good night's sleep soon.

My daughter did this at just about the same age. I never did find out what was causing it, but hopefully it'll make you feel better to know that it was just a passing thing. Our biggest problem was that my being in the room with her made her even madder than if she were by herself...

Whatever you decide to do to help the situation, make sure it's something you are okay doing for the long-run - he's old enough now to wonder why it was okay to sleep on the floor with mommy last night but not tonight, for example...

Hope you both get some sleep, soon!

What is he having to ea tor drink befor he goes to sleep as far as how long has it been sine dinner was served? is rhere something that has change like now u are working later than normal not seeing mom or dad. One last ? has he always slept in his own bed and if not is there a night light Also how long has your son been sleeping in hi own bed alone. I am just asking questions so that I can maybe help you better.

I agree with the other posts. But one thing that is of high importance is how much sleep is he getting during the day? If you can scale back on say a late afternoon nap, bedtime may come easier.
Hope you get some sleep soon

Good Luck,

A.

Im not sure how long you have tried just leaving him in there. However I know that it does eventually work. I know that it is verry hard and takes some dicsapline on both sides. I hope that it works. He sounds like a strong willed child have you read the book Srong Willed Child by James Dobson it may help alot.

I know this sounds maybe wacky to you, but try it before you knock it. Get some olive oil and pray over his room every window every doorway. He will start to sleep better . If not, ask a local pentacostal or 4 square church pastor or prayer team to come to your house and pray with you. Jean

My 10 month old started to do the same thing, and our new routine has helped a little. I made a rule that bedtime did not mean sleeptime. Bedtime meant that he had to BE in bed. Whether he chooses to sleep or not is his choice, or he has the choice to cry. Either way, at 9:30 everynight I put him to bed. In his playpen (his bed) I always have a bottle of water, 2 quiet bedtime toys (stuffed animal, mirror, etc.) a clothbook, a blanky, and a binky. He then has everything he needs for the night. I give him a kiss goodnight, turn out the light, and leave the night-light on, then I close the door while turning the handle so that it doesn't latch, but the door still sounds like it closed. Then I don't go in again until morning. When he wakes up, getting closer to 6am now, I change him and heat a bottle of milk, all without saying one word to him. Then I put him straight back to bed. He usually then sleeps until 8 or 9 in the morning. When he wakes up in the middle of the night on occasion, he usually will just play with his few toys quietly for an hour or two before he lets me know that he is awake. I am sure most would discourage toys in the bed, for one reason or another, but I find this new rule to be somewhat effective on Aaric. Good Luck!

Hi Dayla, are you in the Eastside area? My friend had a similar experience and I referred her to a nutritional consultant in Issaquah. She provided supplements, which my friends ingests since she is nursing, and the screaming subsided. Luckily kids grow quickly, and you cannot imagine your son doing this at age 5...meanwhile, if you can adopt a very casual "Mom is tired so if you want to be up, please do it quietly close by, look at books, etc and then cuddle up to me and rest", perhaps he will not be seeking your attention in this matter and find a way to sooth himself to sleep.
good luck!

Sounds to me like he is probably getting too much sleep during the day. We had this problem with our first daughter at about the same age. I suggesst that if you drop him down to two short naps this may help him to go to bed (granted there may still be screaming, who wants to go to bed when there is much more fun things to do) and it will help him stay asleep. We had our daughter go to bed at 8pm and getting up at 7am. Then during the day she got a nap at 10am to 11am and then another nap at 2-3. By the time bedtime came around she was ready for bed. I hope that this helps.

Is it possible he is having anxiety- perhaps nightmares, night terrors or separation anxiety? There is some pretty good literature out there about these normal stages of development. I highly recommend Sleeping through the Night by Jodi Mindell.
Also try Ferber's book- even if you are opposed to his methods, there is some great information in there about sleep patterns and development.
Good luck!

I can unerstand your problem. what worked for me was I would place him in his crib then lay on the floor (out of his site) next to it placing me hand through the bars for him to hold. I would sing softly, slowly takiing my hand away but still singing and reasuring I was there. My singing got quieter until it wasn't any more, but if he started fussing or crying I would reasure again that mommy was here, slowly I would roll or scooch to the door,and aventually leave the room with door closed I would wait for fussing if it happened I would reasure thru door. It took a week & a half and then I didn't have the problem any more. If he would wake up at night I would go in resure him, DO NOT PICK HIM UP, lay him back down and lay on the floor out of site but do not sing just resure very quietly & roll or Scooch to the door and out of room. It worked for me hope it might help you.