Comments on: Baby and toddler sleep tips - what works for me

By: D.G. Haldeman

D.G. Haldeman — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:43:00 +0000

Babies go through the growth spur about this age, and therefore need to eat more. Do add rice baby cereal to his milk/formula at the last feeding especially. This will be more nutricious then a milk alone. This should help, babies go through the growth spur every couple of months, this greatly varies from child to child, but as they grow there is a need for an increased portions. You can ask your doctor in which growth percentile he is, and that should also give you some idea of how much he needs.

By: tommy

tommy — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 13:55:18 +0000

When we moved our son out of the parents bedroom and into his own room at around 14 months he started some big drama every time he was supposed to go to sleep.
What seemed to help was for him to know that we are still around, i.e. we left the door open just a little with some light and the TV on outside, so he knew mommy and daddy were still there.

By: Jenn

Jenn — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 09:08:13 +0000

My son is and has been a great sleeper. He is 15 months and has been sleeping in his big boy bed for about a month now. I couldnt believe that he took to it so well. I was really nervous about him falling out of bed (my fiance just took the entire side off of his crib), and getting out of bed to cry at the door. He has fallen out of bed, but I was in there so fast he didnt even wake up! Only a couple of times has he gotten out of bed and when I can hold out from going in there (and it is HARD sometimes), he always gets back into bed and goes to sleep. So just stay consistent!!

By: Shawna

Shawna — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 04:08:52 +0000

My daughter has slept through the night ever since she was 2 days old. I would have to wake her up to feed her as an infant, but here recently she has started a new behavior. Now when she goes to bed she requires the blanket to be all the way over her head. She has no siblings that she would pick this up from and I am just curious why she would start doing this all of a sudden at almost 3 years old.

By: Randa Clay

Randa Clay — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:35:05 +0000

Yeah, I’m definitely in NO hurry to move him to a big bed!

By: Laura Cloud

Laura Cloud — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 23:30:20 +0000

Leave him in the crib as long as possible!! I recently read in a list of what babies should do when that you shouldn’t even try to take them out of the crib until they are at least three. Isaac was four. We had his “big” bed set up and would periodically ask him where he wanted to sleep. It was always the crib. Then, shortly after he turned four, he woke up one a.m. and said, ” I fink (think) I’ll sleep in my big bed tonight. He’s been in it ever since.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:09:28 +0000

Thanks for the post. My son has also been a great sleeper since about 6 months. We’ve recently gone through a move transition and are temporarily in an apt until our house is ready; he had been sleeping well and suddenly has stopped sleeping well. It has made me re-evaluate everything we did to help teach him to be a good sleeper. I’ve been searching the web world for advice and this has really been a great reminder how wonderful it is when they sleep. Thanks!

By: Laura

Laura — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:08:03 +0000

Hum a Diddy -
Emily doesn’t necessarily have to have a tune sung, but if she is getting sqirmy and not really in a relaxed mood to sleep I hum Silent Night and it seems to help get her ready for sleep mode.