i have 1year old and 3year old and i can not get them sleep allnight?

Answer 1

I have a 3 and 1 year old and am lucky that they generally sleep through the night. My breakthrough came when I read Gina Ford - although I really can't stand the "leave them to cry" approach I used one of her routines for the day time and bed time - they make sure that the kids get enough to eat through the day and that they don't get too much daytime sleep. My little girl goes down for a nap about and hour and half after getting up (I'm still waking up myself) and another one after lunch, (I wake her up from both sleeps when the routine says she needs to get up) that way she is rested for the day and is tired again by bed.

So, I found that when I got the day sorted the night followed. Hope it helps - sleep deprivation is such a miserable state.

Answer 2

All children need a constant routine in order to feel safe and secure. Have a bedtime ritual that you know you can stick with and before you know it they will sleep the night through.

Also, most little ones are early risers and need a nap in the afternoon but if this comes to late in the day they will fight bedtime and probably wake during the night.

Try organising their day and making sure that after lunch they settle down and take a nap. Don't let them sleep for hours and hours and after the evening meal it should stay *quiet time*.

Before bed give them a bath, brush their teeth and hair, get jammies on and then read them a story or two. This will soon herald sleep to them and you should be able to get a full nights rest.

Good luck!

Answer 3

My little boy is now 6 and he didn't start sleeping through the night until he was 5.

You could try and establish a proper bedtime routine, making sure no TV an hour before bedtime, try a relaxing bubble bath, followed by a story, keep the lighting low and the mood calm.

IF they wake in the night, keep a beaker of water handy, don't offer juice or milk and keep interaction really boring.

None of it worked for me, but you can try.

Answer 4

I have an almost 9 month old and a 2 1/2 year old and both sleep through the night. My advice is to establish a routine and stick to it. Our routine with the 2 1/2 year old is: dinner at 6PM, play after dinner, no more to drink after 7:30PM, bath at 8PM, read 3 books, prayers, bed at 9PM. She sleeps with several favorite soft dolls and stuffed animals. With the 9 month old: bath around 7PM, dinner of cereal, veggies and fruit around 8PM and then to bed. He sleeps with a fuzzy blanket that he likes to hold. He also sleeps with a pacifier. The only time I ever give my children medicine before bed is if they're teething or sick. Our pediatrician recommended Tylenol for teething. I wouldn't give them Benadryl to get them to sleep. I agree with the people who say not to keep going into their rooms. If the nine month old wakes up crying, sometimes I go in to find his pacifier for him but that doesn't happen very often. Good luck!

Answer 5

As long as they're not ingesting a lot of sugar or sugar based foods, then they should be sleeping all night,although it could be their bodies and just how they work.

My nephew didn't sleep through the night until he was about 2 years old. On the other hand, ALL my children slept through the night starting at around 3 months! So I never really knew what my brother and sis-in-law went through! I did feel sorry for them, though....and was so grateful that mine weren't like that.

My advice, as a mother AND grandmother....is shorter nap time in the afternoon, and longer playing hard time afterwards, with natural snacks instead of cookies, fruits with lots of sugars, etc. My mother owned a day care center for 18 years, so good nutrition is something all children need. Crackers with a small cup of cranberry juice cocktail (very low in sugar) is good, and then a good supper with milk. We tend to give them apple juice, but it is high in sugar, as is orange juice. So I'd stay away from those in the afternoon/evening hours.

And sweetie...good luck! I do feel for you!

UPDATE: DO NOT RESORT TO USING MEDICATION TO MAKE THEM SLEEP! That was an abhorrent answer, and even your DOCTOR/PEDIATRICIAN wouldn't condone that one!

Answer 6

Make sure you send them to sleep tired. That means, lots of exercise during the day and no high sugar drinks at night. Close the door on them and go get some well deserved rest. A regular routine also helps. Bed time, up time, eat times keep it like clockwork and that will establish the biological clock.

Answer 7

It definitely helps if they each have their own room to sleep in, but the most important thing to do is to let them fall back to sleep on their own. If you go to check on them when they wake up in the middle of the night and cry, they will know that they can get you to pay attention to them by crying. I know that it can be really hard to ignore their crying because you want to make sure that they are o.k., but they are usually just want some attention.

If you want to, you can stand outside their room and listen to make sure they are o.k. but don't let them know you are there. My wife and I read about this method in a book and our doctor recommended trying it. We did this when our child was almost 2 years old and after a week she started sleeping through the night, but it may take about two weeks for other children.

For your one year old, make sure he or she is well fed before going to bed. If young children are not eating mostly solid foods they tend to get hungry more quickly.
Good Luck!

Answer 8

I feel for you jodie i really do. I have a 20month old and one on the way myself. My wife and i never had your dilema with our first child mainly because we tried to stick to a routine from the very beginning. I know in some circumstances this can not be achieved be it because you work or social life. So my advice would be to try and bring in a routine as quick as possible. Ours is after tea Bath Bottle Bed. Hope it helps. And maybe a quick bedtime story to calm them down.

Answer 9

set a bedtime routine. Put them to bed, if they cry wait 5 mins then go and check on them. Do not talk to them or pick them up justsettle them back in their cot/bed and leave them for 10 mons. Gradually build up the time you leave them. They will soon learn that you wont come running everytime they cry and hopefully will start sleeping through. It is important to put them in their cot/bed whilst still awake so that they recognise their surroundings. It will be hard for a couple of weeks but it will pay off in the long run!

Answer 10

Give them lots of fresh air ( play park, little walk or such like ) nice warm bath to relax them not too many toys in bath so not to get them excited,
warm milk drink with half a tsp sugar.
try to settle youngest off first while eldest has a book or quite toy to entertain.
worked for me and wife and our son is diagnosed hyper active