Sleep regression
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Topic: Sleep regression
Posted By: buzylizy
Subject: Sleep regression
Date Posted: 29 November 2011 at 1:37pm
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DS will be 2 in 2 months from now. He has been a really good sleeper over the last 16 months or so...now suddenly he doesn't want to go to bed during the day unless it is on my bed. He wants me to stay with him until he is asleep and then he is fine. Occasionally if I am really tired I would lie down with him but not enough to have formed a habit and I have been doing it for the last year or so so what has changed in the last 2 weeks?
Does anyone have any ideas and do you think it will help if I move him to a bed from his cot? ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mollycat
Date Posted: 29 November 2011 at 9:37pm
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My son went through the exact same thing around about the same time...perhaps slightly earlier. Hard to remember. It is a phase from what I can tell.
My only advice is to spell out exactly what you are going to do, then do it, then once the tantrum starts to reiterate what you said was going to happen. Ie. "We are going to ready 3 books and then it will be naptime" after book 1 I say "that was book number 1, you may pick out book number 2" same for book 2. At the start of book 3 I say "This is book number 3, after we finish this one it is going to be naptime. So, after we read this book what time will it be?" (MY son now responds quite happily "naptime"). After book 3, "that was book 3, it is now naptime" He would (and still sometimes does) start to throw a tantrum. "Mommy told you we would read 3 books and we've read our 3 books and it is now naptime" Take him to bed. Follow through every day until he starts to get it. DS will now generally toddle off relatively happily to bed or only throw a wee tanty that lasts about 30 seconds right as I leave his room. It's not fun though, I agree but having that set plan made it clearer in my mind what was going to happen and hopefully did the same for DS. I felt less inclined to cave into his demands if I had so clearly explained what was going to happen. Good luck! ------------- http://tickers.cafemom.com"> 
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