Sleeping HAbits

[babygrl4ever]

my son is 10 months old and he does not sleep all night what can i do? I am so tired and wore out!!!

[supermom]

Neither of my children slept thru the night until they were 2 years old so I kbnow how exhausting it can be. I learned to sleep when they slept if I was tired. Take the phone off the hook and put a sign on the door telling people that mother & baby are sleeping and asking them not to knock on the door or ring the bell. Enjoy the rest!

[SGKelloe32]

But it may be difficult to sleep if babygrl4ever has to work during the day! I found that when my daughter wouldn't sleep and cried when we put her down, the best thing to do was to leave her for a while, say 5 minutes, then go back in, i would give her a kiss but not speak to her and lie her back down. I tucked a teddy under her arm and coveree her back up. Then i left the room, if she cried again, i would go back in and repaeat the process, gradually leaving it longer in between going in to see her. It took a couple of nights but eventyally she realised that it wasn't going to work if she cried and she come to realise that bedtime was nothing to cry about and that if she was tired it was the best place for her, now a few months on, she is 15 months old and she stands by the door and asks to go to bed when she is tired, she lies down and snuggles into her teddy and thats her for the night. Please try it, it sounds like hard work but it is worth it when you get a good nights sleep. It also works if they wake during the night, as you just go in and give them their teddy and let them cry for a few minutes until they get fed up! Good luck!

[Bangkok]

http://www.mumsnet.com has lots of advice on this issue.  You need to do what is right for you - some professionals say you should ignore a screaming baby (its called controlled crying), but I would have a really hard time doing that.

[babygrl4ever]

hey every one my name is amber thank you for helping me out you gave me some great ideas that i amgoing to try thank you very much.