Topic : Where Should Your Child Sleep?

I found this also worked with my kids.  I have a son who has just turned 3 and a daughter who is about to turn 2 next month.  I found that cutting out or even just shortening their naps would help them not only sleep better but go to sleep easier as well.  The hour before bedtime was a nightmare though, to begin with.  It took a lot of perseverance and a lot of patience but in the end has made bedtime easier.  My trouble now is my daughter loves her bottles still.  She will drink up to 4 250ml bottles a night (Between 7pm and 5am).  She eats normally during the day, in fact she eats more than her brother, we have tried watering down her bottles and tried just stopping (it was a disaster)  Anyone else been in the same situation and had success weaning?  I doesn't bother me that she still has a bottle at night but I'm exhausted getting up all the time.  If anybody has any ideas I would be SO grateful. 

 Have you taken her to the doctor for this?  From what I have read (a lot of parenting books!), a child should be able to go the night w/out food.  There are some medical conditions that make a child eat more than usual.  I am not trying to worry you, or anything.  But this sounds like something you would want to talk to her doctor about.  Good luck.

I have taken her to two doctors and an early childhood nurse.  They all say she is a pefectly happy child in great health.  They seem to think that it is a comfort thing, similar to other children having a dummy or blanket.  We didnt give her a dummy when she was younger b/c we had trouble weaning our son off his.  She has quite a small build - she is 11kgs and 89cms tall.  I do worry about her though.  Otherwise she seems content.  She does still co-sleep with us. 

 Is a dummy a pacifier?   Maybe you should go ahead and give her the pacifier.  From what I have read, they don't cause any damage to the teeth until about seven years.  Or you could offer her an animal or blanket to have with her.  I bet the bottle all night is making her diapers horrible.  I know that when my daughter still took a bottle at night, she would wake up a few hours later with the wettest diaper.  Do you know how many pounds and inches your daughter is?  I am not familiar with kgs and cms.  She sounds small though.  Does she eat anything besides the bottles during the day?  Like filling solid foods?  What do you put in her bottles?  Have you tried putting just water in them, or something she doesn't like?  I hope this helps some.

Sorry I am from Australia, so yes a dummy is a pacifier.  As for the weight/height conversion it works out at aprox 24lbs and 35 inches. 

  

We have tried EVERYTHING!  We have given her toys, blankets and a dummy, nothing seems to work.   

  

Her nappies are bad of a night time.  I change her 3-4 times a night.  Which on top of the bottles can be very tiring getting up all the time.   

  

She eats very well.  She eats better than her older brother.  She loves vegetables, pastas, rices.  She will eat pretty much anything I put in front of her.  As for her bottles she has formula.  She was breast fed until she was 4 months old but developed reflux and couldnt keep anything down.  We had to put her on a special thinckend formula.  She is now just on normal formula.  We have however started watering her bottles down.  Instead of 5 scoops per bottle we know give her 2 1/2 because there is no reason nutriionally she needs them.  We have also tried water etc but she will scream the house down.  We had three nights of it and still no improvement.    My husband doesn't get up during the night so its becoming very hard to have the energy to get threw the day.  Especially with two very active children ( my son has just turned 3 and my daughter is about to turn 2) 

 Goodness, she is tiny for a two year old.  My Kiwi is 13 months, and already 22 pounds and 30 inches.  A big eater and so tiny?  Just doesn't make sense.  I bet she is very hyper and energetic.  Probably bouncing off the walls.  Have you tried giving her a sippy of something at night?  That is usually a step not recomended because they get attached, but it sometimes helps kids get over the bottle.  It should only be used as a last resort though, because they come to need the cup.  My sister is now five, and she had trouble giving up her bottle, so Mom gave her a sippy to go to bed with, and she still needs it.  It causes problems with the night time potty training, so be careful.  Other than that, I am not sure what to tell you.  I am sorry.  :(  Why doesn't your husband help?  Can he not even get up one night, to give you a rest?  Or is that not really an Autralian custom? Seriously, I'm just curious.

My kids all slept in their cribs from day one with no problems. Yes, there were times I fell asleep with one of them on me on the couch - mainly the first few months. But all my girls were sleeping through the night at three months and never fussed about not being in our bed. Of course, they are all under 5, so maybe the best is yet to come? haha!

my daughter is 27 mo, and she still sleeps in the crib ,but i want to get her a bed, and im wondering what is better or does it really matter. 

i put her crib mattres on the floor once and told her to take a nap there, she screamed the whole time like i was punishing her .  

my son is  2 yrs old  now... I am  fustrated because I DO miss  sleeping with my  husband  of  13 yrs  our sex life has  dwendeld  b/c  we havent shared a bed but  then again I like   sleeping  on my own  b/c  he snores!!!!LOL 

  

but I AM  NOT SURE  WHAT TO DO ?  my son has been in an out of our bed   since he was  13 months old! 

 

he will be  3 in Ocr we  tired putting him in his own  bed an  we  think now  we know  he is  scared of the  dark and being alone 

 we did  try  stuffed animals  blankeis  night  lights... 

 all that  he does  wake from the odd bad  dream...  

 

  what IS  the BEST  way to make him want to  stay in his own  bed????  will  he out  grow this soon???? 

 

  

well my son is   2  and  he doesnt sleep well alone 

 and he  wets the  bed (our bed)  every night 

 he still gets  a bottle  at night  when he goes down an  if he wakes... 

  he must  be  drinking to much in the day.... we think  he is at  gramma  so  we dont see him an all thar  goes on til he comes home at dinner time 

  

hubby works and I  WORK FROM HOME!!! but I dont drive  so i  cant    keep him home all  day     so in this case not sure  what to say...