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[Jodie Miller]

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Subject: RE: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fwd: Message for Ozmid board
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:39 pm
From: "Wayne and Caroline McCullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "'Jodie Miller'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Update: I tried Andrea Quanchi's advice and stripped his room down to the
bare minimum today, then put him down right after an early lunch! It worked.
He slept about an hour and a half. Hopefully we'll keep having some success
with this. Thanks to all those who responded to our plea for help! It is
much appreciated in this very busy week.



Still waiting for bub to come..



Cas.

Update: I tried Andrea Quanchi’s advice and stripped his room down to the bare minimum today, then put him down right after an early lunch! It worked. He slept about an hour and a half. Hopefully we’ll keep having some success with this. Thanks to all those who responded to our plea for help! It is much appreciated in this very busy week.   Still waiting for bub to come….   Cas.   From: Jodie Miller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, 31 December 2004 10:37 AM To: Caroline McCullough Subject: Fwd: Re: [ozmidwifery] Fwd: Message for Ozmid board   My son decided he didn't need a sleep during the day when he was about 13 months old, and as with yourself, if he was happy for the rest of the day we wouldn't have worried about it. Anyway, after trying several things to get him to sleep in his room we decided to let him choose where he wanted to have a snooze - he quite happily slept on his fold out sofa on the floor in the lounge until he was about 2 1/2. Maybe something you could try.   Cheers Tania ----- Original Message ----- From: Jodie Miller To: ozmidwifery@acegraphics.com.au Sent: Wednesday, December 29, 2004 8:32 PM Subject: [ozmidwifery] Fwd: Message for Ozmid board   ----------  Forwarded Message  ---------- Subject: Message for Ozmid board Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 02:47 pm From: "Wayne and Caroline McCullough" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jodie Miller'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Jodie, Just wondering if you could post this message to the Ozmid List! Cheers, Cas Toddler Sleep Difficulties Our 20 month old toddler has moved to a bed 2 months ago in his own room and sleeps well at night but we are struggling to keep him in his sleep routine during the day. If he didn't need the sleep so badly we wouldn't be too concerned about this shift in pattern but if he doesn't sleep during the day he gets extremely cranky from being overtired and often falls asleep in his highchair while eating his dinner, absolutely exhausted. We tried putting him in a porta cot to keep him more contained but that only lasted a week (a week in which he slept extremely well during the day---usually 2.5 hours) and then he figured out that he could climb out. We have also tried putting away noisy toys in his room etc but he will just get into whatever cupboards he can get into and wreak havoc. We have also tried patting him to sleep and I always make sure his sleep time is accompanied by quiet in the house (well, we try), lights out and blinds shut, and door shut to change the environment-so long has he can get out of bed he will find something else to do. I have even left him in there for three hours once and he just happily sat there and played. I couldn't believe it! Most the time he will bang on the walls, pull out drawers or slam the door to get our attention. We've tried repeatedly putting him back to bed and walking out, sitting with him, ignoring him altogether and nothing works! We are getting quite desperate and really don't know what to do next. Does anyone have any useful advice? All this is compounded by the fact that I am due to have another baby any day now! Please email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you can help! Cheers, Cas McCullough ------------------------------------------------------- Hi Jodie,   Just wondering if you could post this message to the Ozmid List!   Cheers,   Cas   Toddler Sleep Difficulties   Our 20 month old toddler has moved to a bed 2 months ago in his own room and sleeps well at night but we are struggling to keep him in his sleep routine during the day. If he didn’t need the sleep so badly we wouldn’t be too concerned about this shift in pattern but if he doesn’t sleep during the day he gets extremely cranky from being overtired and often falls asleep in his highchair while eating his dinner, absolutely exhausted. We tried putting him in a porta cot to keep him more contained but that only lasted a week (a week in which he slept extremely well during the day---usually 2.5 hours) and then he figured out that he could climb out. We have also tried putting away noisy toys in his room etc but he will just get into whatever cupboards he can get into and wreak havoc. We have also tried patting him to sleep and I always make sure his sleep time is accompanied by quiet in the house (well, we try), lights out and blinds shut, and door shut to change the environment—so long has he can get out of bed he will find something else to do… I have even left him in there for three hours once and he just happily sat there and played… I couldn’t believe it! Most the time he will bang on the walls, pull out drawers or slam the door to get our attention. We’ve tried repeatedly putting him back to bed and walking out, sitting with him, ignoring him altogether and nothing works! We are getting quite desperate and really don’t know what to do next. Does anyone have any useful advice? All this is compounded by the fact that I am due to have another baby any day now! Please email us at [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you can help!   Cheers,   Cas McCullough