Is it wrong to net my daughter give somebody a lift nap again?
My very spirited daughter is going to be 3 in a couple months, and with the appendage of a new baby and Daddy going away(military), the stress is getting to her. She quit taking naps at 1.5 years mature and began sleeping 13 hours a night, but now she sleeps 11.5 hours at darkness and not soundly. Her behavior has become too much to deal with and she seem tired less than half an hour after she gets up. I've also notice that I hear her 'fussing' in her sleep, as if she wakes up and doesn't want to. To say she's become a table lamp sleeper is an understatement.
Is it wrong of me to make her take naps again? She have adult-size shadows under her eyes and just seems crabbier and crabbier, but its be over a year since she took naps. I just feel so unpromising for her because I know she's over-tired, but she really doesnt want to take a nap.
Quiet time, book time etc have never worked, neither will sharing a bed. Since I never co-slept next to her she wont calm down.
I think you are right on track putting her down for a siesta. She is giving you the signs that she needs it. I have a friend who tells her 9 year hoary to lay down if she has had a late dark the night before. Just tell her that she desires to lay down and rest in her bed for a little bit. Even if she doesn't sleep...which it sounds like she will...it will be some whispered time for her. Maybe that is how you approach it with her..."_______ it is time for some quiet time".
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Good Luck, Congratulatitons on the new baby ,and thank your husband for his service.
We would like our daughter (3) to take nap, but she is usually is resistant. What does work though is an hour of "rest time" a day. The whole passage of time entry is difficult for kids to understand though, so we got her a "visual timer" (google it). This opening she can see how much time is left and isn't popping out constantly to ask if her rest time is over.
you say she is "highly spirited". It sounds to me like she might be have some undiagnosed sensory dysfunction that is making it hard for her to unwind at night. according to my copy of "the out of sync child" by Carol Stock Kranowitz "sleep problems can be associated beside a high need for movement. If the child has not have her quota of movement during the day, her arousal levels may fluctuate erratically, and she may become over aroused at night". She goes on to make available solutions a few paragraphs later. " during the day--plenty of movement such as swinging and jogging; not easy work such as carrying laundry baskets; dietary suppliments that calm the brain such as magnesium. Before bed-a warm bath next right into bed. no TV or computer for a few hours before bed. In bed-- one great story; a back massage and cavernous joint compression to the shoulders, arms and legs; and saying "just pretend to sleep".
I can transmit you from experience that my older son needs heavier than normal blankets for the pressure, and my younger 2 like to cover thier heads with a blanket to block out all the extra commotion and light. My youngest likes me to "squish" him and literally do a modified full body press. Source(s): mom of 3 (13,9,3) oldest and youngest have some sensory dysfunction.
The more 'spirited' my child become, the more tired she actually is. She also becomes more 'spirited' when she is sick, has allergies, constipated, etc.if something isn't right she get more wound up.
Answers: Do what u hafta do to get her to sleep better, or sleep enough during the afternoon, if that means naps during the and locking the door, then do it, cuz she requirements the sleep, and if she's not getting it she's obviously very crabby, and that's not gonna do u or her or the new kid any good.
get her take naps now she openly needs the sleep.
she could easily be having issues next to her father being gone
most bases provide family services to relief children cope better.
also ask about the elmo deployment dvd it helped my daughter cope alot better than she did before we get it. (this is free btw)
Mcconnell afb has Hearts Apart which has family outings and accomplishments paid for by the base for kids who have a deployed parent. and so lots hours of free child care once daddy gets home so you and him can have some private time
so unambiguously check into what your base has to offer
and hold advantage of it as it is very helpful to you and your kids.
is daddy somewhere he can appointment?? or send mail out easily??
if so draw from a recordable piece from Build a Bear and get him to record something on it to place in a stuffed animal
my ex husband did this for our daughter and it be wonderfully helpful.
make sure to tell your daughter that daddy will be home and show her on the calender today, tomorrow, subsequent week, and any special days between now and when her daddy returns so she will have an idea how long it will be previously he will return. and mark that day on the calender. let her put a sticker on respectively day as it passes. also maybe you could permit her make a couple of crafts for you to send to daddy. Source(s): my daughter's dad is in the military and have deployed many times since our daughter was born. so I guess Experience is my biggest source
my youngest son is like that. if he has a snooze during the day he sleeps great at night. if he doesn't, then it is a unpromising night. i would make her lay down. everyday at the same time lay her down, she will protest but basically stick with it. even if you have to go contained by her room and make her lay down again then do it. she will be happier in the long run.
First of all your the mom! You trademark the decisions NOT her. If you think she needs nap then she should take them. That should not be an option for her. I believe strongly within naps. Even if they don't sleep they need a little time to rest. I am 6 months pregnant and when i own my baby he will take naps until he go to pre-school. I babysat until I was out of college and there is a HUGE difference in the behavior of kids who parents gross them nap and the ones who don't. To be honost the kids who don't are usually the ones who are brats! Sorry to be blunt but it is what it is. Good luck!
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Is it wrong of me to make her take naps again? She have adult-size shadows under her eyes and just seems crabbier and crabbier, but its be over a year since she took naps. I just feel so unpromising for her because I know she's over-tired, but she really doesnt want to take a nap.
Quiet time, book time etc have never worked, neither will sharing a bed. Since I never co-slept next to her she wont calm down.
I think you are right on track putting her down for a siesta. She is giving you the signs that she needs it. I have a friend who tells her 9 year hoary to lay down if she has had a late dark the night before. Just tell her that she desires to lay down and rest in her bed for a little bit. Even if she doesn't sleep...which it sounds like she will...it will be some whispered time for her. Maybe that is how you approach it with her..."_______ it is time for some quiet time".
Check out the article association
Good Luck, Congratulatitons on the new baby ,and thank your husband for his service.
We would like our daughter (3) to take nap, but she is usually is resistant. What does work though is an hour of "rest time" a day. The whole passage of time entry is difficult for kids to understand though, so we got her a "visual timer" (google it). This opening she can see how much time is left and isn't popping out constantly to ask if her rest time is over.
you say she is "highly spirited". It sounds to me like she might be have some undiagnosed sensory dysfunction that is making it hard for her to unwind at night. according to my copy of "the out of sync child" by Carol Stock Kranowitz "sleep problems can be associated beside a high need for movement. If the child has not have her quota of movement during the day, her arousal levels may fluctuate erratically, and she may become over aroused at night". She goes on to make available solutions a few paragraphs later. " during the day--plenty of movement such as swinging and jogging; not easy work such as carrying laundry baskets; dietary suppliments that calm the brain such as magnesium. Before bed-a warm bath next right into bed. no TV or computer for a few hours before bed. In bed-- one great story; a back massage and cavernous joint compression to the shoulders, arms and legs; and saying "just pretend to sleep".
I can transmit you from experience that my older son needs heavier than normal blankets for the pressure, and my younger 2 like to cover thier heads with a blanket to block out all the extra commotion and light. My youngest likes me to "squish" him and literally do a modified full body press. Source(s): mom of 3 (13,9,3) oldest and youngest have some sensory dysfunction.
The more 'spirited' my child become, the more tired she actually is. She also becomes more 'spirited' when she is sick, has allergies, constipated, etc.if something isn't right she get more wound up.
Answers: Do what u hafta do to get her to sleep better, or sleep enough during the afternoon, if that means naps during the and locking the door, then do it, cuz she requirements the sleep, and if she's not getting it she's obviously very crabby, and that's not gonna do u or her or the new kid any good.
get her take naps now she openly needs the sleep.
she could easily be having issues next to her father being gone
most bases provide family services to relief children cope better.
also ask about the elmo deployment dvd it helped my daughter cope alot better than she did before we get it. (this is free btw)
Mcconnell afb has Hearts Apart which has family outings and accomplishments paid for by the base for kids who have a deployed parent. and so lots hours of free child care once daddy gets home so you and him can have some private time
so unambiguously check into what your base has to offer
and hold advantage of it as it is very helpful to you and your kids.
is daddy somewhere he can appointment?? or send mail out easily??
if so draw from a recordable piece from Build a Bear and get him to record something on it to place in a stuffed animal
my ex husband did this for our daughter and it be wonderfully helpful.
make sure to tell your daughter that daddy will be home and show her on the calender today, tomorrow, subsequent week, and any special days between now and when her daddy returns so she will have an idea how long it will be previously he will return. and mark that day on the calender. let her put a sticker on respectively day as it passes. also maybe you could permit her make a couple of crafts for you to send to daddy. Source(s): my daughter's dad is in the military and have deployed many times since our daughter was born. so I guess Experience is my biggest source
my youngest son is like that. if he has a snooze during the day he sleeps great at night. if he doesn't, then it is a unpromising night. i would make her lay down. everyday at the same time lay her down, she will protest but basically stick with it. even if you have to go contained by her room and make her lay down again then do it. she will be happier in the long run.
First of all your the mom! You trademark the decisions NOT her. If you think she needs nap then she should take them. That should not be an option for her. I believe strongly within naps. Even if they don't sleep they need a little time to rest. I am 6 months pregnant and when i own my baby he will take naps until he go to pre-school. I babysat until I was out of college and there is a HUGE difference in the behavior of kids who parents gross them nap and the ones who don't. To be honost the kids who don't are usually the ones who are brats! Sorry to be blunt but it is what it is. Good luck!
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