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So hard, in fact, that they just may not be able to keep up the skills and strategies they have learned to calm themselves, to sleep quietly through their sleep cycles, and even to play happily on their own. But as your child is learning a new skill (like walking ) or realizing something new and amazing about their world (that objects fall to the ground when you drop them), their bodies and brains are working HARD. We certainly don’t remember what it was like when we went through it. As adults it’s hard to really understand how challenging this time can be for babies.
About Dr.All sleep regressions occur because your child’s body and brain are preparing for - or right in the middle of - a major developmental change. Finally, as you work on adjusting his bedtime, you should continue to adjust his wake time to promote him going to bed again that night at the desired time. Putting a child to bed earlier can also, surprisingly, help them sleep longer. A good morning light is also helpful to signal to your little one when he can get out of bed. Double diapering is another strategy to help improve comfort over the night. Try eliminating these environmental distractions or sleep associations that he relies on to fall back to sleep. For instance, if he falls asleep to you rubbing his back, then when he wakes up without you there, it will be hard for him to get back to sleep. You should also consider sleep associations that make it hard to fall back asleep. First, you should figure out if there are things in his room that are waking him up, such as lights or noises inside or outside the house. If your child is waking up without getting the right amount of sleep, there are a few strategies that we can use.
It is recommended that most toddlers get between 11-14 hours of sleep over the course of a day, so depending on how much your toddler naps, you can determine what time he should be waking up. You want to first determine what time he should be waking up based on when he went to bed to ensure he is getting enough sleep. In case it doesn’t, there are a few things to consider. With the improved consistency of his bedtime and the earlier bedtime, some of this will likely improve. In terms of his inconsistent wake-up times, kids wake up for all kinds of reasons. Help him to wake up at a more consistent time Exposing him to bright light in the morning, such as opening a window or playing outside, will help with the waking process because it signals to your brain that it is daytime and time to be awake. Yes, I did say wake him up! Use the same gradual approach of waking him up 15 minutes earlier every two or three days – especially if he is going to bed late and sleeping late in the morning. You should also gradually wake him up earlier and earlier in the morning to help reinforce the desire to go to sleep earlier that night. Use a consistent bedtime routine so that he learns to associate the routine with the idea that he is about to get in bed and go to sleep. Within a couple of weeks he will be at a more desirable bedtime while also maintaining positive associations with his bed. Another two or three nights later, push that to 10:00 p.m., and so forth. Then, after two or three nights, you should adjust his bedtime routine so that he is getting into bed at 10:15 p.m. bedtime for a couple of nights so that he learns that he is able to fall asleep soon after getting into bed. That means that you can start the bedtime routine aimed at a 10:30 p.m. Where does that leave you? Well, you can work on his sleep schedule gradually without your toddler even knowing that it’s happening. If your toddler’s body clock is telling him to go to sleep at 10:30, then putting him to bed well before then will lead him to feel frustrated from tossing and turning, and can result in negative associations with the bed. It is important for us to get in bed only when we are ready to sleep, and to be consistent with our bedtime every day (despite many temptations to stay up later on the weekend!). He never wakes up at the same time either. My toddler simply will not fall asleep until 10:30 p.m.
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