My Son wakes up at 3 am when i put him to bed at a early bedtime?
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~~Turkey has a natural sleep agent in it... tryptophan.. try giving him some turkey and a glass of milk about a half hour to 45 minutes before you want him to go to bed, a bath with lavender oils is calming, then quiet activities..for a short time, then put him in his room alone and let him cry it out. the only way he will get used to going to bed on his own is if he is forced into learning that behavior. he didn't learn to stay up and be sat with every night in an over night process, so it will take time for him to learn that he's the child and you are the mommy.... right now he thinks he is in charge, and he's right, he is in charge as long as you allow him to be in charge he will remain in charge. consistancy in the bedtime routine is also important -- as far as him getting up at 3am with my sister's twins we simply told them it was too early to get up and they had to go back to bed... even if it meant another round of tears~~Bj
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Try sleepy time tea... and your doctor's right.
my son is two yrs old and i have been told to make sure they get a good full meal before bed so that will keep them full and sleeping thru the night- something heavy like oatmeal even - like we used to put in thier formula when they were infants and darken his room more and decrease nap times during the day. this is all advice i was given since i have had your same pains
wow lol yea i kind of no wut ur dealing with my aunt's kid is also 2years old and she puts him to sleep at 9:30 and he wakes up around 5or 6 in the morning
Some kids do better without naps. My son stopped taking naps around the age of 2. At this time he stopped waking up in the middle of the night.
My friend on the other hand had the same problem and she found out that her child was ADHD. ADHD kids have a very hard time sleeping the night through. Meletonin, a natural herb, can sometimes help with these kids.
my kids did that and I started keeping them up through the day after 12. If they didn't take a nap by noon I would keep them occupied so they didn't go to sleep. They went to bed a 7:30. They started taking there naps around 10:30 and waking up around noon. They got up at 6am. They still have this basic schedule. Only my son goes to bed at 8 and he still gets up at 6 all by himself even on weekends. My daughter is 6 she still takes naps when she's not in school and she goes to bed at 7:30 and wakes up at 6. I just laid them down for there naps around a certain time and didn't let them sleep past 12.
i let my boys, 2 1/2 and 5, pick out an alarm clock. i showed them how to use it and told them that they have to stay in bed until it rings. usually they do, but sometimes they just can't wait. so i put their stuffed animals in their room, when thay get up the stuffed animals distract them and usually they end up going back to sleep. i put my boys to bed at the latest 8:30pm unless we go to an event that runs late then 10:00pm, but that happens at the very most once a month. and their alarm clock is set for 8:00am. i've been doing this since my youngest was 1 1/2.
My son is also two and we WERE dealing with this same problem until I realized a few things... 1st was that even though he was napping he wasn't getting ENOUGH sleep!!! I couldn't believe it but it turned out to be true... The other was that I had to admit that I wasn't being TRULY consistent!!! Yep I was being bad and getting off schedule just a bit here and there but for them that can be BIG thing...So we went back to the basics... eat, play, sleep... now our schedule is up at 7:30 AM EVERY MORNING... breakfast...play... rest time 10 minutes at 10 am...then snack, play, rest time while I make lunch...eat, play nap at 1...wake up at 1:30...snack, play... rest time while I make dinner.... eat, play, bedtime routine sleep!!!! It has made a huge difference to be consistent... No that doesn't mean that there aren't days we don't leave the house etc... but if we do I make sure we follow the same schedule exactly!!!! He has slept in some strange places from 1 to 1:30 (that's right just a half hour) but the routine for getting him to sleep is the same every time... I made sure to make it mobile... I lay him down (wherever that may be) we give snuggles, night night kiss, I rub his hair, he gives me an ear nuzzle and off to sleep he goes! What counts here is that it is the same day in and day out!
AND PLEASE check with your healthcare provider before giving herbal supplements such as tea and melatonin! These can be strong and give the opposite effects!
I had a similar problem with my daughter. I cut her naps back so that she only has a 45 - 60 min nap each day. I make sure that she has at least 1 hour everyday where she is very, very active and using her "big muscles" (climbing, running, jumping, etc.). Some nights when she is restless I give a product for children called "Quietude" which is made by a company called "Boiron". IT is all natural and formulated for children.
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my son has the same problem so he some time s leep with us I guess that you go to remind him that big boys sleep in the bed until the morning .So keep reminding him that he is a big kid.
i'm having the same problem, but my son's 3 so when u find out please let me know i've had a lot of sleepless nights
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