How and when children sleep. For questions on how to get them to sleep, see the [bedtime] tag.
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2 year old still does not (and has never) slept through the night
In his now 26 months of life, he has probably slept all the way through the night 15, maybe 20 times. They seemed to be an irregularity, never happened two nights in a row.
He is a easy as pie to ...
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In what way does reading story books to babies help them (besides falling sleep), and at what age should it be started?
There is a cultural difference.
Where I come from there is no concept of reading story books as a bed time ritual to babies. Though I do remember my father telling me mythological stories in order ...
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When upgrading our toddler from a cot to a bed, how do we keep him in his bed?
We want to convert our son's cot into a bed this weekend (starting Friday evening). We think it's time to transition because he often tries to climb out (but fails yet), and during daytime playing he ...
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What light colors will help calming down before bedtime?
I just bought a color led strip (like similar to this one) and installed it so that the ceiling can be lit with any color.
We're making experiments on which color would have better effects on calming ...
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My 8 year old son won't fall asleep
We put him to bed at 9pm and he stays up til 1am or later. When I go to check on him he is always playing with his hands and sometimes talking. I ask him why he is awake and not trying to sleep and he ...
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How can I get my 2.5 year old to sleep on his own?
My toddler sleeps well at night, its getting him to bed part is really frustrating. The main problem is that he won't let me leave the room until he falls asleep. He is not scared to be alone, he ...
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Convincing 18-month baby to sleep in the morning - using a training clock?
Our 18 month old son goes through phases of waking up early (between 4:30 am and 6 am) and sleeping to a decent time e.g. 6:30-6:45. So his early waking doesn't seem to be due to hunger, and he is not ...
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15 month baby never sleeps through the night
I have a 15 month old daughter who slept great when she was 3 and 4 months old, but never again after that. She's never had a pacifier and she has her own crib, but it's in our room. Our current ...
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2 year old wont sleep
My 2 year old son, wont fall asleep without having someone in his room with him. He doesnt want to be touched or held. He just wants you to sit in the chair. And after he does go to sleep he wakes up ...
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How do we help our toddler to sleep through the night?
My 14-month old daughter is no longer breastfeeding, and sleeps happily in her bed, although it is still in our room. But she wakes up around three times at night, and as far as we can determine it's ...
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Controlled crying isn't working at night. What are my options?
We used controlled crying to help our daughter get to sleep easier at 6 months. This was hard work at the time but now, at 10 months, we can reliably put her down at the end of her bed time routine ...
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How do you prepare a toddler to sleep in a strange place (a hotel room)?
We're preparing for our first overnight vacation since my son has outgrown a crib.
He's been in a "big boy bed" for several months now, and still is very proud of this fact (and very proud of his bed ...
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What should be the ideal sleeping posture in the third trimester of pregnancy?
I have observed that in the seventh month when I lay down on the floor and turn right side (for a while), the baby starts kicking. Then when I turn on my back, the kickings decrease noticeably. Have ...
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Why does my baby moan every 3-5min during sleeping?
My baby girl is 2 weeks old. She starts making squeaks, moans, yawns during sleeping every 3-5min. She did that as well before, but not as often as these two days. She also gets more difficult to ...
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3 year old will not take a nap some days
We have a 3 year old who is wonderful (most of the time ;). Somedays, however, she will not settle down and take a nap. We wakeup, go to sleep and nap on the same schedule everyday. If she doesn't ...
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Are there any dangers or downsides to white noise as a calming tool
We find white nose to be extremely effective for soothing our 5-week old son. Loud white noise (60 decibels or so) will help soothe him when he is overtired and crying, and if we play soft white noise ...
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How do we stop our daughter rolling over and waking herself up?
Our 5 month old generally gets her head down somewhere in the early evening. We lie the sleeping lump on the bed face up, and she snoozes. Then she rolls over onto her tummy and wakes up. She's at the ...
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How can I get my 12-month baby to sleep in her bed?
My 12-month baby doesn't want to fall asleep in her own bed. We could do it in her rocking cot, but now it's too small, and currently we get her to sleep outside of bed, but every time she wakes up ...
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My 1 year old wont sleep through the night [duplicate]
The day my daughter got her 4 mo shots was the last day she ever slept through the night... And had been from 6 weeks till 4 mo old.. Now she is 1 yr and wakes up starving at least twice a night and ...
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How can I get my toddler to sleep later in the mornings?
My son, now 15 months old, was sleeping through the night, and waking up consistently at 6am. However, over the past few months he had been gradually waking up earlier. Now he wakes up consistently ...
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How do you potty train for overnight?
My three year old is well on her way to being potty trained. She rarely has any accidents, , at least during the day. My wife and I put her in pull ups to sleep at night.
My question is, whats the ...
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Please help: my 3 year old won't stay in her bed!
Well this started about 3 months ago and it's been on going no matter where my daughter stays! She's an absolute diamond going to sleep but staying asleep is a different matter.
I'm pregnant with ...
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22 month old goes to bed and wakes up an hour later
Has anyone dealt with this before? Our 22 month old daughter is put to bed at 10:30 pm everynight. She sleeps for about an hour and wakes up, crying. Our best efforts to ignore her have not ...
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How to deal with my son who always wants to have lights on when we go to bed?
I have a 3 year old son.
Whenever we go to sleep, he will start crying when we turn off the lights and insists that lights be turned on when he is trying to sleep. So, we keep it on. When he falls ...
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What can be causing night wakings, similar to sleep walking?
My 13 month old baby wakes up once or twice every night...sits up or stands up in her crib and cries out.
What could be causing this?
She can't be having nightmares every night. My wife has not ...
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Is it traumatic for a toddler to be left in their bedroom with the door shut?
I've posted here before asking for advice for getting our toddler (2 yrs 5 mths) to sleep, as he's going through a very difficult phase. Once put to bed, he constantly gets out of bed and/or screams. ...
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Why won't my toddler sleep when her mother tries to put her in bed?
my daughter is 21 months old and at present behaves in a curious way. I don't think this question is a duplicate of others with similar titles.
During the day she's a sweetheart, no problems at all. ...
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Do I really need to wake my newborn to feed him?
We have a two week old child. He's eating well during the day, eating at least 8 times a day, and is breast feeding. His weight gain has been 'normal' so far, and he regained his original birth weight ...
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How do you manage free time when you have kids?
My problem is I have almost zero free time. I have two young kids 3 and 2 when they where young my wife didn't want to let them fall asleep by themselves so now I take the 2 year old and my wife ...
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Our baby crys in the middle of the night
After reading some websites, we're concerned that our 17 month old daughter might have night terrors. She wakes up 2-3 times in the night.
What could be going on? What can we do?
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Baby awake in the morning but quiet?
Our baby is nearly 6 months old, and generally when awake during the day (from 8-9 AM) he needs attention and care (at least periodically, otherwise he is pretty good at inventing occupation for ...
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How much sleep does my infant really need?
Our 7-month old boy is only sleeping an average of 11-12 hours each day. During the day, he usually takes 3 naps, and each one only last approx. 30 mins. From 3 months onwards, he has always been a ...
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How can I stop my two year old from taking off his diaper in bed?
Recently, my two-year-old son has been taking off his diaper at nap time. It's usually full and dirty and makes a big mess. He has managed to do it while wearing all types of pants (even overalls). ...
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Son is two and won't sleep through night expecting to come to bed with us
I know there are questions similiar to this that have been asked but mine is a little different. Against my will, as a stay/work at home father, my son always slept with my wife and I until he was ...
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My 3 month old gets up 10-15 times a night?
My 3 month old newborn has been waking up every 15 minutes to every hour during the night for 4 weeks and we have tried everything from Baby Wise to Baby Whisperer to the No cry Sleep Solution with no ...
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Should an infant, awake and happy in the middle of the night, be helped back to sleep?
We've had a pretty good sleep routine with my three month old recently. She wakes to eat and, occasionally needs gentle rocking back to sleep.
This week she started something new. After having slept ...
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Should we feed the 3MO on demand at night with more frequent wakes?
As is common with 3-4 month olds, we've gone from a very good sleep schedule to more frequent wakes.
Depending on fussiness she will get to sleep between 630 and 730, and she used to sleep for 3-4 ...
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Is my 7-year-old child sleeping too much?
My child gets very tired and sleeps very easily. While parents of babies might find this a nice problem to have, in a 7-year-old it's possibly a concern. She easily sleeps up to 14 hours a night, also ...
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How do I help my 4 month old nap longer?
My daughter is 4 1/2 months old and she only naps for 30-45 minutes at a time. She wakes up happy, but she is tired again after a little over an hour.
I know some babies are naturally short nappers. ...
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my 2 year old wont sleep at night [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Getting a 2-year-old back to sleep in the middle of the night
my 2 year old just started 2 week ago not sleeping at night like he use to ive tried keeping him up later ...
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Our 4 year old won't fall asleep until 11pm
Our 4 year old doesn't like to sleep. I know that sounds like what every kid says, but let me clarify. She doesn't cry at bedtime, she just won't sleep.
We start to get her ready for bed around 8pm. ...
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How do I get my 6-month-old to sleep better at night?
So our 6-month-old boy still doesn't sleep through the night. He still wakes up at least once and wants to eat.
He takes 3 naps during the day, ranging from 30 minutes to 1.5 (sometimes 2) hours.
We ...
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What is the correct temperature and humidity to maintain in a child's room at night?
We have been advised to keep the child's bedroom cool and humid. Are there any specific guidlines on the correct ranges of temperature and humidity?
Currently, we are using a humidifier and have ...
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What is the best way to transition from away from co-sleeping
We are co-sleeping with our son. At some point in the future, we will need to transition him out of our bed. What is the best way to do this? Cold turkey vs gradual? Specific age vs signs he's ...
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How quickly do I need to change my newborn with a dirty diaper?
How quickly do I need to jump on changing a dirty diaper? What are the downsides of waiting vs getting right to it?
I have two specific scenarios in mind:
I'm holding my son during the day time, ...
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How to soothe a 4 1/2 month old during our night time sleep routine?
We typically start our nighttime bed routine at around 6:30. We bathe her, breast feed her and then try to put her to bed. We know that she is tired because she will rub her eyes.
However, she fusses ...
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Guided Meditation for Children
My second grader has been having trouble sleeping due to her anxiety.
I have been doing guided meditation/relaxation with her at night but this is not my forte and am looking for suggestions, such ...
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Is it okay for an infant to sleep 10-12 hours at night?
Our 4-month-old baby regularly sleeps for 10+ hours at night. I know this isn't normal (and we feel pretty blessed for it), but is it okay? Are there any health problems or downsides to this?
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How do you establish good sleeping habits after dealing with colic?
My parenting vocabulary is quite limited, and Google Translate can help that much. Hope you understand me anyway.
Our son had colic for four months, he is ten months now. The colic resulted in bad ...
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Son has stopped his normal bedtime
My son will be 2 in a few weeks. For about 90% of what goes on in his life, he's had a really good schedule that Mama has laid down and enforced quite well.
His normal bedtime has always started at ...
