I was just wondering from more experienced moms could my daughter bitting her nails be a problem and how could I get her to stop????
Also I asked a question when my daughter was 2 months old about and now she is 14 months old and she still does not like sleeping and is such a light sleeper sometimes it drives me nuts I cant even turn over without it waking her up and at times I would put her to bed and then when I go to bed opening the door wakes her and sometimes she will not go back to sleep till about 6-8 am and wake up at 10 am and be up all day and wont take a nap........... Could this be a more serious problem? Can not enough sleep can be harmful? How can I make it so she is not such a light sleeper so I can too get some sleep without getting wakened by rolling over and waking my daughter?
thanks for all the sugestions
as for the sleeping problems she does sleep in her own crib and never slept in bed with me and I do have a thing for her with lights and plays calming music and keep the volume up all the way which isn't very loud and that still does not work.
Here are a few tips that I found from other mothers who dealt with the same situation....you should check them out and hopefully it'll help:
http://www.theskinnyscoop.com/search/biting+nails?utm_cam...
I keep seeing these and keep writing. I am an adult woman who has been a lifetime nailbiter. You cannot stop that, you can try temporarily, but they will do it on their own (i.e. for example I just chip off my polish all the time). My mother tried everything with me and I am in my fifities. Still going strong. You just wouldn't know it. There must be something cathartic about it. I was totally surprised when my sons bit their nails. It is more than a habit. One of them also uses clear polish and chips that off. Do that if you must but it isn't very healthy. As she gets more verbal you can explain how germy it is, but really truly it is hers to live with. Good luck.
Maybe gloves will work at this age to help her stop. It is a bad habit, but not sure what is bad about it other then from a dentist perspective.
I would start getting a noise thing in the room. Humidifier or music to get her to start adjusting to noise and have it bee a consitstant calm sound. Maybe you moving around will allow the noise to drown it out.
Def. talk to her dr.
I don't know about the nail biting, but getting a white noise machine really helped with our son. Everything woke him up, but putting the machine on a sort of static noise drowned out all the little distractions that would interrupt his sleep.
On the nail biting, I'd suggest getting some too large for her onesies and sewing up the sleeves at least for bed time.
On the sleeping, I have a son who is now 15 and has never slept well. Part of the problem is that his ears are super sensitive and he hears EVERYthing the two solutions we've found that work are ear plugs and sound machines (not music...that entertains his brain and keeps him awake). The ear plugs block everything and the sound machine you can set for just white noise...the best option we've found. It blocks out everything that would otherwise distract or wake him.
Best wishes!
K.
as far as the nail biting, I agree with Sheila, it's one of the hardest habits to break, I have been doing it my whole life and I tried everything to quit. I am considering hypnosis now, I a m 40 and I can't stop. There's stuff that tastes bad that you can put on the nails but that didnt work for me. As far as sleeping, yes, sleep deprivation is very unhealthy. I guess when she is such a light sleeper you might reconsider the cosleeping at this point? I'm only saying that because I really can't think of another way to keep from waking up a light sleeper if you are in the bed with them and rolling around. maybe a crib or toddler bed with side railings pushed up next to your bed?
