I have issues with bed time habit of my daughter. she turned 7 this year. she wants us (mostly her dad) to sleep with her otherwise she will not sleep. she will not sleep with out either of us hugging her. My son is 3 and he can fall asleep easily. We both work. after work i have to do all the house work. and at this age, I want her to sleep herself without us hugging her to sleep. she has teddys to hug but she wont. I have tried everything with her but she wont sleep. Once she falls sleep, i mostly put my son in her room too. but they both wake up several times and come to our room…than we all end up sleeping on 1 bed.
Every night we spend good time on just to make our kids sleep. I want to use that time to relax or finish some work. my friend’s kids they just get told go sleep and they go to their room and play little while and than sleep.
have you tried slowly moving away from the habit. get a chair next to her bed, sit there until she falls a sleep.
my four year old wants one of us to be in the room while he falls a sleep. So we sit by him until he does. it use to take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, but now he is out in 10-15 minutes.
Try putting a toddler bed next to your bed. That's what we did to sleep train our son so he could learn not to sleep in our bed. After a few months we tried the other room. Yes, he still came to our room at night but slowly the frequency decreased.
My son is 7 years old. I finally got him to sleep in his own bed last year. However, he cannot fall asleep unless I'm cuddling him. So we go through the routine everyday. Story time, then cuddling and he's asleep.
I work full time too and this can be frustrating. But when I see how independent he is becoming and how bed time is practically the only time he allows me to cuddle and kiss him without protest, I would not change his sleeping patterns for anything.
My son is 7 years old. I finally got him to sleep in his own bed last year. However, he cannot fall asleep unless I'm cuddling him. So we go through the routine everyday. Story time, then cuddling and he's asleep.
I work full time too and this can be frustrating. But when I see how independent he is becoming and how bed time is practically the only time he allows me to cuddle and kiss him without protest, I would not change his sleeping patterns for anything.
I just want her to sleep or at least try to sleep herself. when she wakes up middle of the night, I do hug her and sleep with her. but some times it gets too much when she is not falling asleep.
have you tried slowly moving away from the habit. get a chair next to her bed, sit there until she falls a sleep.
my four year old wants one of us to be in the room while he falls a sleep. So we sit by him until he does. it use to take anywhere from 30 minutes to an hour, but now he is out in 10-15 minutes.
Try putting a toddler bed next to your bed. That's what we did to sleep train our son so he could learn not to sleep in our bed. After a few months we tried the other room. Yes, he still came to our room at night but slowly the frequency decreased.
she wants us to be on the bed. we tried everything. she will just turn and twist till we hug her. if we have to get up for some reason even for a minute she comes with us.
let her twist and turn in bed. It will go on for few days and she will realize you aren't giving in and eventually fall a sleep faster and faster everyday. you and hubby take turns sitting in her room. She is 7 so she should understand if you need to step away for a second. Be a little more forceful in your voice asking her to stay in her bed.
Have you considered some level of physical activity and then a warm bath before bedtime?
Kids have a lot more energy than we do and sometimes giving them an outlet for that gets them ready for a rest sooner.
You know that she is only going to be seven once in her lifetime, right? Spend time with her. Let her sleep with you. What is the big deal here.
Give her a schedule. One night with mama, one night with daddy, one night with sibling. Make a game out of that. Remind her of whose turn it is to sleep with her tonight, and make it sound exciting. Then gradually increase the number of days with sibling, like weeknights with sibling, weekend nights with mom or dad.
You make it like a game, she will look forward to it