Questions tagged [sleep]
How and when children sleep. For questions on how to get them to sleep, see the [bedtime] tag.
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Optimizing busy morning time
I have a five-year old (beautiful) daughter who is in Kindergarten. I know children of her age need ten to twelve hours, varying on the individual. She's near the top of the range. Its fairly easy to ...
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4s in winding down time, what is sitting?
This question goes to the people who have read the "Baby whisperer" where the author talks about the 4s of winding down. The 3rd S is "sitting". It's not clear what that means. "Sit with him quietly ...
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How late in the day can my 2 year old nap?
My 2 year old son is having a difficult time falling asleep for his daily nap, which was previously not an issue. He had been napping from about 11:45-1:45, but now he fights it desperately and won't ...
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1 year old crying loudly in her sleep until she wakes up
When my niece, who is just 1 year and 2 months old, goes to sleep it takes no longer than 1 hour and she just starts crying loudly and wakes up.
This has been happening for the last 4 days and ...
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frequent awake frequency between midnight and 4am
My little one (14 weeks old) gets sleepy at around 7:30pm and sleeps till about 7am, broken into 3 sections. He is breast fed, no pumping. We have not tried any sleep training. He sleeps in his crib.
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23 month old twins disturbing each other at bed time
We have 23 month old twin boys (I'll call them C&D) whom we have about 2 months ago transitioned away from a crib by taking away one side and creating an enclosure of sort (about 12 x 12 feet) ...
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Will I become a lighter sleeper after my child is born?
My wife and I are expecting our first baby very soon. However, I am a heavy sleeper and I am worried that I will not wake up to cries from the baby. Do people generally become lighter sleepers with ...
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3-year-old has huge problems sleeping (nap or bedtime); won't calm down to relax
My daughter is 3 years old. She has always had a bit of trouble sleeping; she will nap during the daytime because it is sunny out still. But for bed time, as it's dark, she puts the two together and ...
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Toddler waking up too early
Our son just turned 3, and the last few weeks has taken to waking up at 4:30-5-15am. He has a long nap from 12:30-3pm then we put him to sleep at 7:30-8.
He: sleeps with white noise from a fan, the ...
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3yr old refuses to sleep without me
I love my daughter so much but she is destroying my marriage. I cannot get her to stay in any bedroom when it is time to sleep. When she was younger she would at least allow one of her brothers to lay ...
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What to do when our 2-week-old baby sleeps little and cries a lot?
Two weeks ago, my wife gave birth to our 3.7 kg, 55 cm son. His weight dropped to 3.4 kg after the first day, because we did not feed him enough from breastfeeding. Fortunately, he gained back his ...
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How do I make my nocturnal 4mo baby sleep at night? [duplicate]
My 4 month old son happily sleeps soundly for hours at a stretch during the day but when it comes to the night he won't go to sleep until 4 - 5am and when he does go down, he fidgets himself awake.
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Is the sleep training over after they sleep for half an hour?
We are sleep training our 4 month old twins and my question is when I put them down for a nap and they cry themselves to sleep they then awaken within a half hour, should I continue the sleep training ...
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1-month old son cannot sleep peacefully
My 1-month old son startles very easily when sleeping and frequently squirms around, even in a dark and quiet environment. I don't know if he's having a bad dream or what. This happens whether he's in ...
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Sleep training and consistency
Our son is 7 months old, and as he frequently still needs our presence to go to sleep at night, we've decided that it's time for sleep training. The problem isn't that he needs our presence - the ...
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What to do with a 2.5-year-old boy refusing to go to sleep, to the toilet or to eat?
My wife and I have a very stubborn 2.5-year-old son. He refuses to follow any kind of routine in sleeping, eating, screening times (TV and so), or anything.
Whenever he is sleepy, he fights going to ...
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Toddler waking after going to bed.
My lg is 20 months and she has started waking about 1-2 hours after I put her down for the night. She cries, not frantically, but every 30 seconds or so, which escalates until she is crying constantly....
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possible disadvantages of being very silent when baby sleeps
Is there a disadvantage if the parents try to be very very silent when the baby is sleeping? For example making sure that TV and mobiles are muted, no dish or clothes washing is taking place and all ...
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My 7 yr old cant stay asleep beyond 5 or 6 hours?
My 7 year old falls asleep straight away at bedtime, which is any time between 7 & 8 pm, but then wakes any time from as early as midnight onwards, then cant go back to sleep ?
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My 2-year-old brother keeps waking up screaming every 15 minutes!
My 2-year-old brother keeps waking up at night screaming and crying every 15 minutes. I have school in the mornings, and I'm trying to sleep. Not only is he being disturbed, I am too.
I googled ...
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My ten month old boy wakes up three times a night for milk - How can I night wean my baby without a struggle?
I am weaning my 10 month old boy. We seem to do well during the daytime. But during the night-time he cries a lot until I breastfeed him.
How can I night wean my baby without a struggle?
I have ...
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How early should I start learning my baby bedtime routine? [duplicate]
my baby is 2 month old. I want know when I should start "bedtime routine" ?
and also when make him sleep in his room ?
now he sleep next to me, is it correct to take him sleep on his bed or should I ...
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What to do with a child that won't sleep, to the detriment of their day?
There are many questions on here asking about sleepless children but my wife and I are starting to come to our wits-end and none of the advice we've found (here or otherwise) seems to fit our ...
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What to do about my 4-year-old granddaughter who doesn't like to sleep?
My 4-year-old granddaughter lives with me and I have her a lot of the time because my daughter works nights at her job. From the time she was born she didn't really sleep much. She didn't even take an ...
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11-year old having recurring nightmares about killing people she knows. Should I be worried?
She says it's like she's a different person in her dreams, cruel and almost sociopath, and the people she loves in real life are out to get her, and to escape she has to kill all of them (and ...
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Kid's bedroom adjacent to living room - noise
We are considering buying an apartment. Most apartments have the kid's bedroom separated from the living room by only a thin wall.
We are concerned about implications, in particular noise due to ...
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15 month old waking in the night, screaming and hysterical [duplicate]
My 15 month old has suddenly started waking at night crying. We go into her room to try to comfort her, and sometimes bring her into bed with us, but our presence seems to make things worse. Sometimes ...
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Is it normal for a 3 year old to be hyper active all day (15 hours) with no naps and still fight their sleep?
This is not a 'now and again' occurrence. This is each day. She is highly active throughout the day and very rarely spends time in the house, we are always out doing activities. On the rare occasion I ...
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How to help a toddler go to sleep on their own?
Our toddler is 2 and half, and has just started to become difficult at bedtimes.
We have always given her milk and held her until she goes to sleep. Once she goes off, she usually sleeps very well. ...
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11-year-old with sleeping problems
My 11-year-old son has trouble sleeping alone, because of what he calls "nightmares". I don't think they are sleeping nightmares, but rather overactive imagination causing frightening thoughts while ...
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How can I help my 9 year old son fall asleep and stop stuttering?
My 9 year old son has always had a bedtime routine and has never had a problem falling asleep. However, during 3rd grade he began stuttering routinely and also began having problems falling asleep.
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how to deal with noise from neighbor construction for infant
I live in a high rise apartment, there are construction for renovation above and below me that I can do nothing about. My wife is 8 months pregnant we are about to have a baby. I'm afraid of all of ...
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Should toddlers drink milk during the night?
My son is almost 2 years old and he still wakes in the night to drink. I know he is not alone.
As I would like to get a full night's sleep, I have been contemplating watering down his formula to get ...
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Toddler never sleeps through the night
My toddler boy is 2.5yrs old.
He never sleeps throughout the night.
He has a steady bed-time pattern:
9:00pm : Dinner (with Cartoons)
9:30pm : Shower w/ Mom
9:45pm: Simple Play
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Does sleep training make sense for a baby with intermittent sleep difficulty?
We are pretty lucky as far as sleep goes. We have a 6 month old who generally sleeps through the night.
...except that when going down to sleep (unless she's completely wiped out) she cries and we ...
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How to get baby back to sleep throughout the night without needing his bottle
I have a 6.5 month old son. For a while I wasn't having him sleep in his crib just because he refused to do it. The past few weeks he will sleep in his crib half of the night and then normally his ...
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1-month baby crying when on floor
I am a first time father with 1-month old DS. My wife has been exclusively breastfeeding, 20 mins on each breast every two hours. Currently both my wife and the baby are on a medication because they ...
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Should a newborn be allowed to sleep all night, or be woken up to eat more?
My son is 2 weeks old and is sleeping through the night. I bottle feed. I give him 4oz. During the day he will sleep after his bottle only 4 to 5 hrs, but at night he will sleep all night. For example ...
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Sleeping hours during the day
I've noticed that you all refer to the 4-5 hours of sleeping at night only. My newborn is 11 days today. Sometimes he sleeps for 2 hours, sometimes for 1 hours, sometimes for 3 hours. The lactating ...
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How do I stop an early roller
Our twelve week old son has suddenly started rolling from his back to his front, and appears to be able to do this at will! Unfortunately, he can't roll from front to back yet, which leaves us worried ...
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What approaches can I use with an 9-year-old who bed-wets and is a heavy sleeper?
Our 9-year-old son still bed-wets.
The problem is that he is an extremely heavy sleeper; when he needs to pee, he does not wake up - even manually trying to wake him up (either to try and pee ...
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How should you help your baby learn to sleep without being rocked to sleep?
My newborn daughter has a strong need to be held and rocked to sleep. In this answer, Dan notes that it is important to help your child learn how to fall asleep without being rocked to sleep. At what ...
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How important is "at night time" as part of a newborn's feeding schedule?
Now that we have conquered jaundice, our doctor has shifted our breast-fed two-week-old daughter's feeding schedule from "every two hours; wake her; no exceptions" to "every two hours; wake her; you ...
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Why does my 2.5 son not sleep at all when he's with me, but sleeps all night with his father? (We're divorced)
I have a 34 month-old boy. His father and I have been separated for a year, and my son lives half the time with his father and half the time with me and my partner, with whom I'm expecting another ...
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When can/should children start sleeping on pillows?
Even before our child was born we were told that newborns and infants should sleep on a flat mattress. No one, however, told us when to introduce a pillow.
When can and/or should children start ...
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Is crying healthy for babies when they get our companionship?
Our son is approximately 2 months old, and he has problems sleeping at night (he cries like any other baby).
My concern is about letting him cry while he's on my chest or in my arms while I give him ...
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My 4 1/2 year old loves to sleep... is this a problem?
My 4 1/2 year old daughter loves to sleep. When she was younger I couldn't get her to sleep at night so we completely stopped her naps. Now, she is in preschool and will go about her normal day. She ...
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Short naps and infrequent feedings
I've been trying to do an eat wake sleep cycle with my 4 month old, but it has seemed impossible as he usually only takes 4-5 45 min naps a day. Doing this I'm feeding him every 2 hours. I struggle to ...
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How to handle baby waking up while sleep training
I've read that at 3 months you can start to try and train your child to sleep through the night. My child starts squirming and making little sounds (not crying) in the middle of the night still. I've ...
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My one year old daughter keeps waking up same time every night screaming and crying
I am very confused and concerned - My 13-monthld daughter wakes up between 1:30 am and 3:40 am screaming and crying in her crib. I have tried giving her a bottle of milk, cup of water, cuddling her, ...
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