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Could my toddler be “overtired”?

While you may feel you’re suddenly the parent of a whirling dervish — or Superman, who can get by without any sleep at all — it sounds like you have an overtired toddler on your hands. That’s right: Even though he fights it like the dickens, he’s really in need of a serious nap. He’s [...]

How to help soothe overtired newborn?

Yep, I’ve been there too, the last poster gave some excellent suggestions. She was less fussy, that when we were more attentive to burping and minimizing gas. My daughter would not take a pacifier ( I don’t personally like them ), but now at 6 months she finds her thumb and that helps soothe her [...]

30 min naps- overtired baby – help needed

Hi Just reading the messages on here regarding this issue. My lo is 6mths old. He pretty much sleeps through the night from about 7-7 as long as he’s eaten all his meals during the day! lunchtime nap however is a different story. We;re doing the Gina Ford routine so he sleeps for 30 mins [...]

Toddler not Sleeping Through the Night

Sleep deprivation (insomnia) is not a problem which only adults face. Apparently, even toddlers face this problem, thereby causing parents to stay awake all night. Those parents who assume that they are the only ones facing this problem, here’s a revelation. A study has revealed that only 6 out of 24 toddlers actually sleep through [...]

Toddler Sleeping Through the Night

Is your toddler sleeping through the night? You really don’t know what happened! Your pleasant baby, who has slept through the night since she was three months old, has now turned into a crying, nocturnal toddler! Where did you go wrong? Actually, it probably isn’t anything that you did at all. Your baby is growing [...]

How to Get a Toddler to Sleep Through the Night

Tips on How to Get a Toddler to Sleep though the Night Written by Krista Tannahill from MapleMama.ca Getting a toddler to sleep can be as challenging as getting a newborn to sleep! As children grow and develop so do their sleep and nap cycles. Sleep tips and tricks that worked well when your toddler [...]

Help your toddler sleep through the night

Toddlers sometimes have a difficult time sleeping through the night. This sleep disruption can be caused by many factors. If you have a toddler, you’re probably anxious to get them to sleep soundly so you can enjoy a peaceful night’s sleep as well. On the average, experts recommend that a toddler should have between twelve [...]

Toddler sleep problems: not sleeping through the night

Getting your toddler to sleep through the night can be quite a challenge to parents. Nothing can be more frustrating than having your toddler wake you up several times a night or staying up late at night playing and refusing to sleep altogether. A tired toddler is hard to handle. He is both crabby and [...]

Help Your Toddler Sleep Through the Night

Help Your Toddler Sleep Through the Night Find nighttime and daytime strategies to help your little one settle to sleep and stay asleep until morning. PRINT EMAIL You have your toddler down for the night, and finally get yourself to bed for some much-needed slumber. Then lo and behold, in the middle of the night [...]

Why is my toddler suddenly waking up hysterical at night?

It’s very common for even the best of sleepers to suddenly start having sleep problems, whether that means having a hard time falling asleep at bedtime or abruptly waking up during the night. Your toddler may be having night terrors, which are similar to sleepwalking but are more dramatic. Night terrors are often related to [...]



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  • Clara Edwards: Our daughter had been an erratic sleeper (much of it our fault, in retrospect) and frequently ended up...
  • Emilio Gonzalez: Ferber does a good job of describing what happens when you sleep. Apparently everyone wakes up in...
  • Roberta Reid: I guess my main problem with Ferber was the way that it’s an exact, rigid theory or philosophy....
  • Amber Laws: We were careful to put him in bed before he was completely asleep so he could adjust to the idea of being...
  • Debbie Hubbard: Good luck.posted by dragonsi55 at 7:07 AM on September 29, 2006
  • Douglas Witherell: This idea that you can have a child sleeping quietly in three days is more to appease the parents,...
  • Robert Spangler: The “Cry it out” method didn’t work on him — what did work was something...
  • William Aguilar: The thing is, children are not interchangable. For varying reasons, some kids sleep well righr away...
  • Robin Kelly: We got a baby massage book and started “bedtime” about 30 minutes before we put him down for...
  • Jessica Miller: That being said, rdurbin already wrote down everything I wanted to say–especially the part...
  • Justin Schultz: An idea? To appease us? We spent many months with various techniques that didn’t work, Ferber...
  • Linda Allmon: The second one was a preemie (about 7 weeks) and it literally took years for him to settle into a good...
  • Tara Mccandless: But they do, frequently, until their child is asleep. Have you read any other part of it than the...
  • Darrell Jones: I agree with the being present and patting on the back and telling him it is night night time while...
  • Todd Mcclelland: I think even if you don’t use his process, he’s got a lot of interesting things to say...