On Vox: My son doesn't sleep much :(

[moxielass]

Can any kind soul provide some advice? Alex has major sleep problems and is causing my hair to fall out (really!)

1. He can forgo naps
Whenever we are out, he will not sleep. At the most he sleeps during travelling times in the car and for a short while. He is a curious boy who doesn't want to miss out on things but I would prefer him to sleep more.

Comments

[bbhome]

mine's no better so I have no advice but then it could be a phase he is going through as he discovers a whole new world. Instead of resisting his no nap, try and bring him out to explore. With Ryan there was a time when I would park in the carpark and let him take his nap instead of carrying him upstairs just in case he wakes up.

Wanting to sleep with you is his way to exerting his rights since he now realises that he can do that. You can either do it the easy way and let him sleep with you or put him back into his cot. I remember there was this saying that if you let the kid do the same thing 3 days (times) in a roll then it becomes a habit. I guess you have to decide which battles you which to fight. The good news is when Ryan got older and could talk and understand us, it was easy to move him into his own bed and room and we had no more middle of the night wakings. :)

[moxielass]

mine is such a light sleeper. if there's new sound, he will wake up. last nite he woke up every 2 hrs n he's taking too much space on the bed now!

does that mean i have to wait till he can talk and then this co-sleep thing will be over? :( do u have any tips on letting babies/toddlers asserting their rights? coz i realise sometimes i can restrict him. dun wan to kill his confidence.

[bbhome]

i guess knowing how you are reacting to his actions is a good start. Just keep reminding yourself that he needs to learn things by exploring and step in only if it's dangerous situation. We are all still learning.

With regards to co-sleeping, what I meant is that eventually they will work it out. In the meantime, you could persist with putting him back to his cot each time get wakes up. He might learn to stay there after awhile. We just go so tired fighting with him each night that I let him co-sleep.

[moxielass]

sleep school? dun think we have that here. how does the training works in the school?

[jeffreyk]

let him cry a bit, will fall asleep faster....