I have a 19 month old son who is very good natured and knock wood, has been an easy baby and toddler. The only challenge is sleep. He goes through phases where he sleeps a solid 11 hours at night consistently and then if he is sick or we travel, ect anything disrupts the routine or how he feels he wakes 1-3 times a night. He insists on coming into our bed then. We have tried reassuring, crying it out etc. I am trying to figure out the best method for this age. Thanks!
Thanks for your suggestions! I tried the reassuring method again for two nights by going in 5 minutes then add 5 minutes to the next time etc. Rubbing his back and saying its okay. I also reinforced during the day that he would sleep in his bed and what a great job he did. Night one he was asleep in an hour both times he woke. Night 2 was just 1 awakening and he slept within 30 minutes. Last night he slept all night!!!!!!!!!Knock on wood...
My friend just started using the 3-day Sleep Solution. It seems to be working great. I am going to use it for my 2 yr old and 4 month old. Good luck!
My now 2 year old did the same thing. I was told by his pedi. to keep putting him back in his bed(yes it's difficult at first) it takes a few days to a week but it will work!
I kept putting him to bed and rubbed his head and told him night-night.I am the type of mom that doesn't like them to cry, so i satyed with him til he fell asleep(i guess i spol them-lol). They will get the hang of it and learn to sooth themselves and understand that they need to stay in bed til mom or dad gets them out.
Good luck.
Oh we go through this same thing when we are sick or travel too. Ahhh, my son was sleep trained at 7 months old and puts in a sold 12 hours a night now. Getting back on track has gotten easier when we get thrown off but it is a matter of crying it out for us. I do that because my son was used to crying it out from 7 months on. Because he is used to that method he doesn't cry that long and he goes back to his routine quickly. Good luck, this is totally normal.
Sleep trained kids can not handle any interruption in schedule its the price you pay for a kid who does regularly sleep 11 hours!! he will grow out of that in a few years JUST BE CONSISTANT!!
Hi T., My name is F. Jackson and I have three boys,there name Micheal,Brian & Jeremiah.I think it's just an phase he's going through.He will grow out of it.Give him alittle more time.
So interested in what others have to say, our 27 month old has always been exactly the same. Only we are pretty hard and fast about not bringing him to our bed before 4 A.M. It's just a time we picked, figuring it's close enought to wake up time that disrupting everyone's sleep at that point is not worth.
So, this is what we eventually learned to do and it works sometimes:
- we wait a few minutes and sometimes he lays back down
- we avoid eye contact
- don't pick him up
- we make soothing noises
- lay him down and then rub his back
We do this for up to 10 minutes. Then we leave whether he's settled or not. Sometimes he cries for over an hour, it's soooo hard.
We're just recently having him evaluated for speech and were told that maybe he has slight sensory or behavioral issues that can cause sleep problems. Obviously other problems are present too, not just the sleep issue. So as the speech therapy is going on he will also be watched for those things and see if they can help him in any way. We'll see.
Best of luck to you!
L.
