October 9, 2008
What to do?
As alot of you know, we have always had some sleep issues with Mason, and I am SSSOOO done with them! Some nights he will get in and out of bed up to like 10 times before he will finally fall asleep! (we only talk to him the first 2 times, then say nothing, just put him back in bed, cover him and leave). Then he will get up at LEAST once, but up to 5 or some times during the night. He goes right back to sleep, but he still wakes Guy or I up and wants tucked back in. It is so frustrating because no one is really getting a decent nights sleep...we have a bed time routine, it involves p.j.'s, teeth, reading, potty and kisses. So he knows exactly what is coming. I talked to his pediatric an today, and what he suggested is basically locking Mason in his room for a week or 2 and just letting his scream if he needs to, so that he can learn to self soothe himself back to sleep and learn how to pull his own blankets up if he needs them, he says that the first few nights he may end up sleeping on the floor because that is where he passes out, but after a few nights he will get into his bed...I am not really sure how I feel about this, but I know SOMETHING has got to change...any and all thoughts/suggestions welcome! Help!
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my mom had to do that with my brother sam....he used to crawl into bed with them evey night and it got to the point where no one was getting any sleep, so she locked her bedroom door and wouldn't open it up. He would fall asleep on te floor outside her door but eventually he got uncomfortable sleeping on a wood floor in a hallway that he just stayed in bed....hope maybe that helps...call me if ya want me to ask my mom for any advice she's great with things like that!!
I am going to share with you my most heart wrenching time as a mother.
Spenser was not even two when we hit this problem. He would not stay in bed, and we had HAD ENOUGH. I was out of answers, and I was at my wits end.
Ted and I decided that we would put one of the safety handles on the inside of his door (basically locking him in). He screamed, hyperventilated, and cried for his mommy. His bedroom door had a very large opening at the bottom. He would fall asleep with his face plastered up to the crack with his arm sticking out.
It broke my heart. I sat in the livingroom crying with him. I had a huge amount of guilt because I had locked him in his room. In an emergency he wouldn’t be able to get out (which is the same with a smaller child in a crib).
The same thing happened every night for 5 nights – and then it was over.
Every night we gave him one chance, and then the door was shut – he then carried on for several hours and fell asleep at the door.
This will be very hard for you, but I agree with your doctor. You have to do this now.
It works. I wish that I had taken a picture of him plastered under that door, but I felt so bad – I never wanted any evidence as to what I had done to get him to bed.
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