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Thank you.
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Help me get this kid to sleep...please!
DD will be 3 at the end of the October. Age 2 has been horrible in the sleep department with her, much worse than anything when she was a baby. She has not slept through the night since at least June. She wakes up 2-4 times a night calling me or crying. I go in, cover her up and repeat as needed through the night. I keep my "visits" as boring and quick as possible. She was recently diagnosed with reflux so I was thinking the night waking was probably associated with that, but she has been medicated for about a month now and the night waking has not subsided at all. When I go in her room she is always standing in the crib saying she needs covered. Maybe I should get her a sleeping bag to sleep in so the covers can't come off? Help me! I'm tired! We've tried rewarding, bribes...I just don't know.
Re: Help me get this kid to sleep...please!
I know with my dd if I would go in and put a blanket back on she would definitely want me to keep doing it. My dd picks up habits like that pretty easily. So what started out as putting a blanket on 1 time would end up being an every night thing. So I kind of have to nip things in the bud with my dd and just not do it.
Yeah we've had that as well when it starts out with illness and just continues afterwards. Dd has reflux as a baby and slept horribly but then it seemed to just be bad sleeping habits that stemmed from that.
Ferber's boom is Solve your child's sleep problems. Look for the more recent edition. Even if you don't want to do his specific methods I found it very helpful in understanding sleep habits.
We deal with this a lot with my oldest daughter when she's overly tired. There is nothing creepier than a sleep walking/talking child. I'm pretty sure my youngest is awake when she's calling. Especially because it's every single night.
I have the Ferber book on hold at the library and I'm thinking maybe a reward chart will be a better visual than just verbally bribing. Thanks for all the great suggestions. Cross your fingers that something works!