Sleep associations can be a very important thing for helping your child fall asleep and stay asleep through the night. Sleep associations are what your child has or experiences in the few minutes before they nod off and fall asleep. For my daughter this is her nightlight, her stuffed animal, favorite blanket, the noise from … Continue reading The Importance of Sleep Associations
Here are a few reminders to help with your bedtime routine: Same place, same time, same order every night – The more routine you have, the better. In our house, it was and is bath, jammies, teeth, story, bed. As they’ve gotten older, we changed from us reading aloud for 20 minutes, to us for 20 and them … Continue reading Bedtime Routine Tips
I remember with my older daughter Alicen, the night she realized she could get out of her toddler bed, she was up something like 42 times in the first hour. I know, it can be infuriating. There are many options to keep them tucked in at bedtime. The mantra – This is where you summon … Continue reading 6 Ways to Get Kids to Stay in Bed
When they are done consistently overtime, bedtime routines can help children to fall asleep easier. Being structured can also help reduce the push back and power struggles that are common around this time of the day. Here are a few general guidelines. Same time, same place, same order every night. For a long time in our … Continue reading Bedtime Routines
Parent Question: My three-and-three-fourths-year-old doesn’t want to nap. It takes her time to fall asleep when she does nap, both at bed time and naptime. When she does nap, I would say that, on a 24 hour period, she sleeps 10-12 hours. How much sleep should she be getting in a 24 hour period? How … Continue reading Nap Time Question
Parent Question: I have a three-year-old who goes to bed at 7:30 p.m., and while he sleeps through the night, he wakes up at 4:30 a.m. and will not go back to sleep. He goes to sleep on his own at night. I have him go back to bed, even if he is awake, and … Continue reading Question about Child’s Sleep
Dear Dr. Hackney, I have 26-month-old twin girls. They share a bedroom. One of my twins wakes up crying in the middle of the night a few times a week. In an effort to prevent the twin who wakes up from waking the other, my husband and I usually wait a few minutes to see … Continue reading Sleep Issues – Children Sharing Room
Dear Dr. Rene, I have a three-year-old who recently started having bad dreams and would come into our room in the middle of the night. If I didn’t fall asleep, I would put her back in her own room. Now she’s afraid of her room saying there’s ghosts in there, is afaid of the dark … Continue reading Scared at Bedtime
>Hello Dr. Hackney, I have a 3 ½ year old and a 2 ½ year who share a room. We have a bedtime routine of bath time and reading two to three books. My husband and I then try to put our kids to bed by 8:15. The problem we are having is once we … Continue reading >Excuses for Sleep
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