Toddler sleep
mrssba
My 28 month old son has changed his sleep pattern in such a way that it no longer fits in a 24 hour schedule.
I have tried to prevent him from taking a nap or waking him up earlier, but he wants to sleep. He has never fought going to sleep either. When he is tired he'll sleep and makes it very clear that he does not want to be woken up.
I am thinking of going along with it, to see what happens. I guess that at a certain point his nap will be so late that it will become his night time sleep.
The main issue is that we live in a small holiday bungalow with thin walls and my husband needs his sleep. My son is too young to understand that and cannot be quiet at night. We watch movies as much as possible and I nurse him as much as possible to help him be quiet. I also keep my voice down, do quiet things and remind him that daddy is asleep. Physically he is quiet, but verbally he just can't keep his voice down.
So, if he cannot be quiet, he cannot stay up later than his dad. But then what? Going to sleep has never been an issue and I don't want to create any!
He has been getting less physical activity lately as it's very hot outside and crowded with tourists - two things he does not like - and prefers to stay inside to do art/crafts and watch movies/Youtube. And he has discovered the joys of verbal communication :)
I wouldn't know what else could have to do with this change... Is this a normal thing to happen, once in while, when there are no enforced bedtimes? Or am I missing something crucial in his development, maybe?
Stephanie
I have tried to prevent him from taking a nap or waking him up earlier, but he wants to sleep. He has never fought going to sleep either. When he is tired he'll sleep and makes it very clear that he does not want to be woken up.
I am thinking of going along with it, to see what happens. I guess that at a certain point his nap will be so late that it will become his night time sleep.
The main issue is that we live in a small holiday bungalow with thin walls and my husband needs his sleep. My son is too young to understand that and cannot be quiet at night. We watch movies as much as possible and I nurse him as much as possible to help him be quiet. I also keep my voice down, do quiet things and remind him that daddy is asleep. Physically he is quiet, but verbally he just can't keep his voice down.
So, if he cannot be quiet, he cannot stay up later than his dad. But then what? Going to sleep has never been an issue and I don't want to create any!
He has been getting less physical activity lately as it's very hot outside and crowded with tourists - two things he does not like - and prefers to stay inside to do art/crafts and watch movies/Youtube. And he has discovered the joys of verbal communication :)
I wouldn't know what else could have to do with this change... Is this a normal thing to happen, once in while, when there are no enforced bedtimes? Or am I missing something crucial in his development, maybe?
Stephanie
Meredith
"mrssba" <stephanieschrier@...> wrote:
Here's description, posted about a month ago, from an unschooling mom who supports her daughter in a schedule which staggers around the clock:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlwaysLearning/message/68089
---Meredith
>I'll pause here for a moment - this is a really normal time for sleep patterns to change, usually by giving up napping, but not always, as you've discovered.
> My 28 month old son has changed his sleep pattern...
>> in such a way that it no longer fits in a 24 hour schedule.That's not that uncommon. There's some research that natural schedules run longer than 24hrs but are modified by daylight, and a bunch of theories as to why some people don't seem to "reset" every day, but the short answer is: some people are like that, no-one really knows why. Sometimes its a phase.
Here's description, posted about a month ago, from an unschooling mom who supports her daughter in a schedule which staggers around the clock:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AlwaysLearning/message/68089
---Meredith
Chris Sanders
How about a fan or some other noise-making machine to create some *white noise* in the room your husband is sleeping in?
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Lyla Wolfenstein
i second white noise. we have a cd with ocean sounds on endless loop.
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Sandra Dodd
-=-i second white noise. we have a cd with ocean sounds on endless loop.-=-
I have this on my iPad. It has dozens of normal sounds, real recordings--water falls, rain on a tent, various kinds of fans, repeating loops of soothing music (like a repeating image pattern, seamless)…
Sleep Pillow $1.99 (if you already have the machine to play it, it's cheap)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep-pillow-sounds-white/id410351918?mt=8
Sandra
I have this on my iPad. It has dozens of normal sounds, real recordings--water falls, rain on a tent, various kinds of fans, repeating loops of soothing music (like a repeating image pattern, seamless)…
Sleep Pillow $1.99 (if you already have the machine to play it, it's cheap)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sleep-pillow-sounds-white/id410351918?mt=8
Sandra
lvhomeschool
We love our sound machines, everyone has one in their rooms. Before we found those my husband and I used a box fan back before we had children.
In one of our moves I couldn't find the box where our sound machines had been packed, and everyone had the hardest time falling asleep in the silence.
Melissa
In one of our moves I couldn't find the box where our sound machines had been packed, and everyone had the hardest time falling asleep in the silence.
Melissa