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| Fri, 01-19-2007 - 8:13am |
DS, Jacob, (27 months) will not sleep in his crib anymore. He has been sick with a cold and on Wed. night after I put him to sleep my daughter came running down the hall and woke him up. SO, I rocked him to sleep, and as soon as I laid him down he started crying. I did this 2 more times. Then at 9:00 I just let him cry it out. He cried for 45 minutes non stop. Finally I just brought him to bed b/c I was tired and I was afraid he would wake up DD. I put him back in his bed at midnight and later that night he climbed out of his crib and into our room. Last night, same deal. I put him to bed and he would start crying. Then I left his room and he climbed out of his crib (blankey and stuffed dog in hand). SO, I put him back about 3 times and he would just climb out. SO I gave up and told him he could sleep on my floor in my room. DH is out of town and called during all this saying " I thought you were going to take care of this tonight while I am out of town,." WHo does he think I am??? I am so frustrated. Can someone please help me??? I cannot have Jacob sleeping in my room. I can deal with most things, but the sleep issues are really hard for me. Any suggestions? I even gave him cough medicine that makes him sleepy last night thinking that would help.
THanks you guys!
Sonya
THanks you guys!
Sonya

HI
My DS goes thru phases with this. I use to be "hard core" let him cry it out. But now, I see all he faces with all his therepy and school and other activites I have him in, I'll let it slide for a week.
He may be going thru a anxiety thing right now. I wish I wouldn't of listened to docs and family over the whole "you'll ruin him" thing.
In other countries it's what they do. It' s bonding thing.
As for your DH, mine used to say that. If he can't deal, get a hotel room.
Good Luck
I think it's a phase he'll over come
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If he is climbing over the side rail of the crib then it might be time to switch to big boy bed. At least put a matteress on the floor and what I did was put a child safety gate on the door frame.
But I think once he feels better then he may be okay. Sometimes when kids are sick it breaks their routine and you just have to allow them to run their course. And then startr from scratch.
As far as DH is concern tell him to stuff it. Sometimes toddlers just want their moms comfort and it is very normal. I know each of my 3 went through that phase where we would put them into their bed and they would fall asleep but some where in the middle of the night found their way into ours. Each ofthem stopped at around 5. But once in awhile the younger 2 might end up there but haven't in a very long time
Rina
Sonya,
I agree with that is it time to get him a big-boy bed. My DD got her bed at 27 mos.
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Thanks you guys.
Paula, Your insight is good. It's been very cold here in Cincinnati and my room is much warmer than Jacobs for some reason. He could be getting cold at night. I already use the white noise machine. Over the summer he stopped napping in his crib and started napping on the couch (still naps on couch), so your openness idea might be on target.
I think I neglected to mention that when he woke up at 4:30 he got off the floor and climbed into my bed. I guess mommy's are just snuggly.
Hopefully this will straighted out sooner than later!!!
Sonya
Sonya,
Mommies are snuggly! Definitely better than the floor.
If you really want to keep him in his room, a baby monitor and a tennis ball might help.
The baby monitor needs no explanation.
If you have round door handles cut the tennis ball so it will fit over the handle inside the room. An adult will be able to squeeze the ball hard enough to open the door, but Jacob will not be able to. This way,
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