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manthaleigh

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Music works for me...

Bann said:
Also, radio or even a cd player with a lullaby CD in it playing very quietly. That was also very soothing for Thing1.

Good grief, he loves his music by his bedside to this day. :lol: But it's definitely not quiet, or lullabies anymore! :cds:
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I don't get on here much, but I agree with using music. I have Disney's Lullaby Album and my girls listen to it every night when they are going to sleep. I read a story (in your case if he doesn't want it may want to skip that part) then I give them a hug/kiss, tuck them in and turn on their music (it is also available on iTunes). After about song 2, they are fast asleep...literally 10 minutes or less after the book.

I do stay with them until they are sleeping...and if they don't stay laying down with their eyes closed quietly, I will get up and leave. They learned that I meant it as I have actually had to follow through on it a few times. But now they go right to sleep. It used to take 45 minutes to an hour of them screaming after the book that they were afraid of the dark, not tired, or wanted to sleep in the bed with mommy...
 
withrespect

withrespect

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After bubba gets his bath we have been watching Blue's Clues every night before bed and he has been going down without a fuss! Last night was the 6th day in a row! :starcat:
 
withrespect

withrespect

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withrespect

withrespect

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the boy started screaming and crying last night at around 2:30 AM. We were all sound asleep without a care in the world when suddenly:

:cds: <----Bubba

Now, I can only sleep in a pitch black room with zero light. (I know... :racist:) As soon as my husband and I hear the shrill from the baby's room, we (unknowingly) BOTH get up and start running toward the door :jameo: I had this impending feeling of dread that someone was trying to kidnap my baby so I was HAULING ASS... so was he. In the absolute darkness, we collide. At the speed we were going, you can only imagine the noise we made as I fell and put a hole in the drywall. :banghead:

Meanwhile, he didn't stop to check on me. He ran over me to get to the baby (as he should). I finally brush myself off and turn on the light and run into the baby's room. The little shiit is fast asleep. :mad: He had a nightmare or something.... I'm not sure what an 18-month-old has a nightmare about... but whatever. He was safe. :yay:

My hip is still sore from hitting the wall so hard - I'm sure it will be a bruise in a few days. :coffee: Husband is not too happy about the wall... and of course it's my fault :rolleyes:

My goal for today is to get a touch-lamp for my nightstand. :coffee: Drywall is not my problem.

Also, I am tired because I never went back to sleep after this ordeal. :cds:
 
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Moved_south

Moved_south

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withrespect said:
the boy started screaming and crying last night at around 2:30 AM. We were all sound asleep without a care in the world when suddenly:

:cds: <----Bubba

Now, I can only sleep in a pitch black room with zero light. (I know... :racist:) As soon as my husband and I hear the shrill from the baby's room, we (unknowingly) BOTH get up and start running toward the door :jameo: I had this impending feeling of dread that someone was trying to kidnap my baby so I was HAULING ASS... so was he. in the absolute darkness, we collide. At the speed we were going, you can only imagine the noise we made as I fell and put a hole in the drywall. :banghead:

Meanwhile, he didn't stop to check on me. He ran over me to get to the baby (as he should). I finally brush myself off and turn on the light and run into the baby's room. The little shiit is fast asleep. :mad: He had a nightmare or something.... I'm not sure what an 18-month-old has a nightmare about... but whatever. He was safe. :yay:

My hip is still sore from hitting the wall so hard - I'm sure it will be a bruise in a few days. :coffee: Husband is not too happy about the wall... and of course it's my fault :rolleyes:

My goal for today is to get a touch-lamp for my nightstand. :coffee: Drywall is not my problem.

Also, I am tired because I never went back to sleep after this ordeal. :cds:
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Sorry about your hip and the wall.... but that story gave me a good laugh.... :killingme
 
Moved_south

Moved_south

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Oh- and the boy does that scream-out-in-the-middle-of-the-night thing sometimes too.... Heart racing, run into the room before you are even awake.... boy fast asleep. Coffee and up for the day for me. Hubby sleeps through the whole thing.
 
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pelers

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withrespect said:
the boy started screaming and crying last night at around 2:30 AM. We were all sound asleep without a care in the world when suddenly:

:cds: <----Bubba

Now, I can only sleep in a pitch black room with zero light. (I know... :racist:) As soon as my husband and I hear the shrill from the baby's room, we (unknowingly) BOTH get up and start running toward the door :jameo: I had this impending feeling of dread that someone was trying to kidnap my baby so I was HAULING ASS... so was he. in the absolute darkness, we collide. At the speed we were going, you can only imagine the noise we made as I fell and put a hole in the drywall. :banghead:

Meanwhile, he didn't stop to check on me. He ran over me to get to the baby (as he should). I finally brush myself off and turn on the light and run into the baby's room. The little shiit is fast asleep. :mad: He had a nightmare or something.... I'm not sure what an 18-month-old has a nightmare about... but whatever. He was safe. :yay:

My hip is still sore from hitting the wall so hard - I'm sure it will be a bruise in a few days. :coffee: Husband is not too happy about the wall... and of course it's my fault :rolleyes:

My goal for today is to get a touch-lamp for my nightstand. :coffee: Drywall is not my problem.

Also, I am tired because I never went back to sleep after this ordeal. :cds:
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Awww :huggy:
 
kara teoke

kara teoke

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You should get the motion activated night lights. Work great for situations like this.

I too need pitch black, the baby monitor drives me nuts. I hit the power switch on the surge protector to turn off the TV's LED.
 
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Kris10

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Lordy lordy, that sucks! :jameo:

That EXACT thing happend to us last night, only...it was different. Hehe

J woke up screaming his lil head off, likely because he's been sick for the past week (first cold, poor lil guy) and I'm pretty sure he's teething. He was asleep by 8, woke at 11 and was up for just over an hour and the only way he'd sleep was in MY arms (not Daddy's arm, Mommy's ONLY) so we went to the living room...I finally put him back in his crib at 2:30 (we fell asleep for awhile) and returned to bed. Thennnn he started screaming at 4:30....we just brought him to our bed, where he drifted off in my arms til I rolled him on the bed and got up for work.

I'm exhausted :yawn:
 
slotpuppy

slotpuppy

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Kris10 said:
Lordy lordy, that sucks! :jameo:

That EXACT thing happend to us last night, only...it was different. Hehe

J woke up screaming his lil head off, likely because he's been sick for the past week (first cold, poor lil guy) and I'm pretty sure he's teething. He was asleep by 8, woke at 11 and was up for just over an hour and the only way he'd sleep was in MY arms (not Daddy's arm, Mommy's ONLY) so we went to the living room...I finally put him back in his crib at 2:30 (we fell asleep for awhile) and returned to bed. Thennnn he started screaming at 4:30....we just brought him to our bed, where he drifted off in my arms til I rolled him on the bed and got up for work.

I'm exhausted :yawn:
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I dont miss those sleepless nights, glad mine is grown now. :coffee:
 
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