i have a one year old who's not great at sleeping nights.any suggestions?

Question

i have a one year old who's not great at sleeping nights.any suggestions?

Answer 1

Make sure your baby has plenty of activity during the day, and a full belly @ night. Pick a bed time and stick with it...it's going to be rough for a couple of weeks but creating a night time routine shows your baby that it's night-night time and she will begin to act accordingly.

Answer 2

This may sound silly, or maybe obvious, but how much sweet/decaffeinated drinks does he get before bedtime? You would be surprised what some people feed their kids!! Does he still nap? Try cutting down or giving him a different bed time. A bath before bedtime helps, so does having a bedtime routine and sticking to it.



Some kids just don't need as much sleep as others. At 1 he may be able to get out of bed by himself which raises safety issues, other than that just leave him quietly in his room. Don't run in to check on him every 5 mins as this will just keep him alert.





Good Luck!!!

Answer 3

It could be a number of things. Are they upset when they wake? Do they go to sleep then wake up, or just have trouble getting off to sleep?



Hunger is often a contributing factor in making a young child wake up, so make sure they have fed enough before sleeping. Temperature is also a factor, is the room too cold or too hot?



If its night terrors, then its best to ask a health visitor or a doctor.



Try playing calming music as well in the night, this often helps.

Answer 4

when my daughter was that age she started this behavior. I began giving her only one nap, in the early afternoon. Then at night she had a routine, like taking a bath, reading a book, then I would turn down the light, sit next to her bed and talk about her day. Now we do "this little piggy", or "twinkle twinkle". Shes two now so if shes not ready to sleep she lays their all bye her self looking through a book or two.

Answer 5

My son was a morning person and went to sleep at eight at night got up at six. My daughter was a night person and was lucky if she was sleeping my midnight. Needless to say, since I was left to raise the children on my own, I never slept much. My son was extremely sick when a baby and daughter was sick when son was not. The moral of the story is that kids will be kids.

Some people are night people and CANNOT go to sleep early. Others are morning people and cannot sleep late. As parents, we must sometimes just adjust to the needs of our children and know that in certain situations, we must compromise. It is not the child's fault if he cannot go to sleep when you want. How would you like somebody telling you to go to bed when you just could not go to sleep? Parenting is hard

Answer 6

Make sure the child doesn't sleep all day. One nap in early day time. Make sure the one year old is fed and tier the little tike out. Read a story and lights out at same time every nite. Sweet dreams.

Answer 7

Hi, I only have a 3 month old so am having problems myself but have found the huggies website awesome, they have really good forums on there with lots of helpful advice

Answer 8

Most children of that age, (assuming everything else is normal) have some stomach problems. Gripe water may help. Ot it may be due to room temperature, or napkin rash, or mosquitos or insects.

Answer 9

This is normal behavior that will improve with the passage of time. When they are teenagers they never want to get out of bed and you have to deal with that too. ;)

Answer 10

Try less naps during the day.