Sleeping at Night - Cortland,IL

Hi S.,
Best book I've ever read for parenting: "Healthy Sleep Habits, Happy Child" by Dr. Marc Weissbluth. Check it out from the library if you don't want to buy it--I think you can often find it in the infant section at Walgreens? Helped me through all stages with my kids and continues to as they get older. Almost everyone I know who has read and truly tried these techniques has great luck.

At that age he's old enough to sleep thru the night and cry it out--and I've found that being consistent with this helps with discipline later on in other areas too. He shouldn't really need anything to eat during the night at that age, but I know how hard it can be to break a habit...been there! Good luck:-)Read the book, it's worth your time!

I know this might sound strange, but try putting him to bed a little earlier. Try 8 pm and see how that works for you. Maybe he'll cry for a little while.. but after a few days he'll get used to it. My kids always sleep way worse and wake up earlier when they sleep later than their normal 7:30 bedtime. I know it sounds weird, but for some kids an earlier bedtime just seems to work better.

Hope you all get some sleep soon.
Aarti.

My 14 month old daughter gets up every now and then. Also I have a friend that has a 25 month old son that says he still does not sleep completely through the night. I do not thing there is necessarily anything to help him. My daughter seems to do it more when she is teething. She sleeps with her blankie and she sucks her thumb. Have you ever tried just letting him cry it out? I do that every now and again, but if she doesn't stop after a couple minutes I just go get her. I think it is a seperation anxiety type gig. :( I do not think there is really a cure, but time

S., my elder son was 10 YEARS old and had NEVER slept through the night when I attended a yoga conference and discovered Tibetan bowls. The sound activates the alpha waves in the brain. The alpha waves are those related to relaxation. I bought a bowl (I was desparate!) and began playing it for him for about 5 minutes at bedtime. Within a week, he was sleeping through the night. He's 12 now and during stressful or anxious times or just times when he's having a hard time sleeping and staying asleep will ask me to play the bowl for him at bedtime. It also relaxes ME. This is a good thing! Good luck. Sleep is so undervalued !!!!