Children and Sleep Problems

14 month old who won't sleep at daycare

feeds@kickapps.com (DrMommaBear) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:56:33 GMT

Hello,

My 14 month old started part-time at this new daycare at the beginning of October. She attends Tuesdays and Thursdays. This is a great daycare with wonderful routines. The problem is that my daughter will only sleep in ~20 minute increments with her. At home, she sleeps two hours with no wake-ups. We both have similar sleeptime routines. My daycare provider is at a loss to the problem, especially since my daughter will fall asleep fast, but just won't stay asleep....

11 month old won't take a nap longer than a half hour

feeds@kickapps.com (ericad77) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:03:30 GMT

No matter what I do I can not get my 11 month old to take a nap longer than 30 minutes. It has been like this since he was about 5 months. I have tried to let him cry it out but he cries for longer than he sleeps. I feel like I am watching my kid cry all day because he is always tired an I am always putting him to sleep. For example I put him down for a nap at 9:15 this morning her cried till 9:49 fell asleep and woke up at 10:09. I left him in his crib to see if he would fall back to...

3 month old only sleeps 35 minutes

feeds@kickapps.com (stanselmdoc) — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 15:21:08 GMT

Hello!

My three-month old sleeps 11 hours at night. My blessings stop there. When she goes down for naps during the day, I almost never have a problem getting her to sleep. She cries for 5 - 10 minutes and falls asleep. But 30 - 40 minutes later, she's up crying again and won't go back to sleep. I wouldn't have a problem if she woke up happy. But she is clearly still tired, and for some reason she can't put herself back to sleep (and neither can mommy). I have...

swaddle and self-soothing

feeds@kickapps.com (kimf24) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 07:44:46 GMT

Deborah,
My boy is 4 months old. That last month, I started to transition him 1. being out of the swaddle for sleeping as he was breaking out of it, and 2. out of the swing for daytime naps and getting him into his crib. He was on a routine until these changes. Since then he has been harder and harder to put down for naps (and they became 30 minutes) and getting up many times throughout the night. At this point, my husband and I have created a schedule according to his sleep cues and...

16mos not getting enough sleep?

feeds@kickapps.com (beavsmommy) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 21:11:25 GMT

My daughter has never been a good napper but ever since she transitioned to 1 nap things have been pretty bad. She has been on 1 nap for a few months. I kept waiting for the nap to get longer but it stays consistently at 1-1.5hrs. She was sleeping 12hrs at night so I wasn't too concerned about the nap length. However, the last few nights it has taken her 45min to fall asleep at night and then she only sleeps 11hrs with a 1-1.5hr nap. I know this is not enough for her but I have no idea...

2yr old quit taking naps

feeds@kickapps.com (silksugarbear) — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 14:06:25 GMT

i have a two year old son who was moved to a toddler bed 2 weeks ago. he no longer will take naps. he wakes up at night and comes to our room. is it to early for him to quit taking naps. he goes to bed at 9 i work till 8. he gets up early.

Sleep disruption after starting daycare

feeds@kickapps.com (BeanMom) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:08:58 GMT

Hi all,
My 23 month old daughter just started daycare this week and has been having trouble sleeping at home ever since. At home, we have always had a routine for naptime and bedtime. For naptime (~12:30-2:30pm), we wait about 30 minutes after lunch, go to her bedroom, change her diaper, read a book, turn off the light, sing a song, and put her in the crib and say "I love you, have a nice nap." For bedtime (7:30pm), we play for about 1/2 hour after dinner, take a bath, put...

Need a little extra help?

feeds@kickapps.com (kidssleepcoach) — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:37:05 GMT

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clingy at bedtime

feeds@kickapps.com (bopsmama) — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 09:27:14 GMT

My daughter is 26 months old. When she was born, she slept all the time. I could lay her in her crib, and she'd fall asleep on her own. She went thru a phase of needing me in the room to go to sleep but she came out of it. At about 20 months she started wanting me to lay down with her to go to sleep. It has gotten progressively worse. Now, I have to lay down with her until she's asleep, she wakes up an hour later screaming for me, once she gets back to sleep I can leave. She...

2 year old very overtired - please help

feeds@kickapps.com (luckymamma) — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:29:12 GMT

Hi

I'm new here so would like to say hello and thank you in advance for your help.

My sons sleep problems started about 8 months ago when he transitioned from 2 naps a day to 1. He has been gradually getting worse and worse and his sleep less and less. I've been to the doctor for advice but she said my son is a normal 2 year old and prescribed me medication for anxiety !
He was originally sleeping 11 1/2 hours at night and 1 1/2 hours in the morning and 1 hour...

Night Terrors & other things

feeds@kickapps.com (EricSpencer) — Fri, 29 May 2009 01:12:37 GMT

I'm looking for help and no one else in my life seems to know what the right answer is so I'm here and I'm getting desperate.

The first thing being that I think it's important that I explain that Lila is not my biological daughter. She's my wife's little sister, their mother died when Lila was one and when we married we adopted her. She's known me her whole like and refers to me as her father however she calls my...

2 year old majorly sleep deprived! HELP!!

feeds@kickapps.com (klav01) — Thu, 07 May 2009 21:47:18 GMT

I am the mother of a 25 month old and a 5 month old. I'm up more with my 2 year old than I am with baby. She's in a toddler bed and the sleeping situation is a nightmare for us. I know she's not getting enough sleep and feel like I've tried it all. I've tried staying with her, however she wakes the second I leave. I've tried letting her cry it out (boy does that feel horrible to be Mom letting her scream it out), however after a week of that, I gave up. I've...

Need Help & Sleep!!

feeds@kickapps.com (michelelash) — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 16:16:31 GMT

I need ideas on how to get my 14 month old to nap and sleep all night!! I have a 5 yr old who did this and he finally started sleeping without help at 4 yrs old. I promised myself I wouldn't make the same mistake with this baby. He was doing great until his 1st birthday party...literally! He started waking up during the night. I thought he was getting an ear infection because of a lot of congestion, but no. He has been to the drs about 6 times in the last 3 months with congestion,...

Getting A 4 yr old to Bed

feeds@kickapps.com (mommypa) — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:31:33 GMT

Hi! I'm at my wits end and can use any help I can get. I have a 4 1/2 yr old daughter who usually sleeps straight through the night for 11 to 12 hours, however getting her to bed is a nightmare recently. She has always had trouble going to bed : an hour and a half would pass from the time you started a bath or putting her pajamas on until you actually left her room . Eventually we had the amount of time spent in her room once she was in her bed down to 15 minutes (which meant total...

calling all ideas...

feeds@kickapps.com (ninipelley) — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:02:55 GMT

Have a 6yr , 4yr, 9 mth, and expecting in October.

The 2 littlest sleep great . My 6 yr old daughter is very "attached" to mommy and has a hard time at

Night sleeping in her own bed. My husband & I do not sleep well with her in the bed.

We have tried everything. Sharing (by choice) with her little sister a bedroom. Then she moves to the floor in the hall. Then she...

useful books about sleep

feeds@kickapps.com (Sally 80) — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 09:56:00 GMT

Hey everyone! I was just wondering what books you read or are reading about kids and sleep? I've found this one called The No-Cry Sleeping Solution which is good. But I've just come across this one called sleeping solved and it's really helpful.
What about you guys?

4.5 month old napping

feeds@kickapps.com (mfontaine) — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:03:03 GMT

I have a 4 1/2 month old baby and we are trying to schedule her sleep now. She is sleeping well through the night and goes down at around 8pm with 1-2 awakenings for feedings. My problem is that I cannot get her to take more than 30 minute naps during the day. We have tried letting her cry herself to sleep but she does not seem to be ready for that quite yet so I am still rocking her into a deep sleep, however she wakes up about 10 minutes after I put her down for a nap. Oddly enough, as...

20 month old dropping his nap?

feeds@kickapps.com (alexsmom) — Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:42:38 GMT

Hello,
I am new to this board and was wondering if anyone could help me with my little man's napping. He's always been a little precocious about his napping development (ie transitioned to 1 nap around 11 months). The last several days he has been refusing to nap during the day all together. We have been putting him in his crib at 12:30 (same time as always) and leaving him there until about 3 pm. He doesn't sleep or cry, just sort of talks and sings and plays to himself....

New Years Resolution - 2009 Healthy Sleep Habits for your Children

feeds@kickapps.com (kidssleepcoach) — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:43:13 GMT

I want to take a poll to see how many parents might be thinking about 2009 as being the year their family makes a concerted effort to getting whole family on the path to healthy sleep. If so, what are the changes you are going to make to prioritize this biological need? Spill the beans...........

5 yr old sleep problem

feeds@kickapps.com (nzmumtaupo) — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 20:06:05 GMT

Hi there everybody, my name is Sara we live in New Zealand and i am new to this site. We have a 6 yr old daughter Marija, a 5 year old daughter Zoe, and we are expecting our 3rd. Our youngest Zoe has never slept right through the night, every night she gets up and wants to sleep with us we are now at the stage that Harley and i dont sleep in the same bed so at least one of us gets a good nights sleep, and now our 6 yr old is starting to do the same thing. We have tried everything, reward...