cut out the naps one one hr a day change the bedtime to 830 forcing her to stay awake .. its only till she adjusts to the new schedule then you might get more sleep at night and longer in the am
2007-10-29 00:30:04
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answered by Anonymous
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For the stuff like what to cook adn when/how to put them to bed you should ask the mom. Things like that are different for each child. Kids are pretty creative adn good at keeping themselves occupied. A few toys from their own home, and a few things that dont even seem very 'toy-like' can keep a kid amused for hours. I used to love playing with toilet paper and paper towel rolls. My dad would buy my a fancy new toy and I'd be like "will you finish using the toilet paper?" Also, don't worry about the stairs, just don't leave the 7 month old at the top of them. Bring him/her down stairs. this may or may not be applicable to the three year old also. Some can handle stairs. Others can not. just keep an eye out. The 6 year old may have a booster seat, but not a traditional car seat....although I hear now-a-days booster seats look a bit like a traditional car seat. I'm not really sure on that one. The younger two probably will have car seats. Yes they will all fit in the back of a range rover. You should be fine. If the mom is comfortable letting you have the kids that long, she already knows you'll be fine. Leaving your kids with someone for so long takes a LOT of trust, especially when they're so young. She believes you can handle it, and pleasing a mom is difficult. Don't worry. :) Good luck.
2016-04-11 00:38:09
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answered by Anonymous
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I had the exact same problem (my girl is now 4 and my bnoy is 2) When your baby wakes up during the night try this: pick her up with a comforting cuddle, no talking(that's important) just soft kisses and cuddles till she settles, then put her back in the cot. Keep doing this every time she wakes. It might take a couple of weeks for her to settle to a full nights sleep. But if you keep at it it will work. Keep the lighting as low as possible, comforting kisses and cuddles while rocking her back to sleep. If you talk then she is getting the entertainment she craves and will keep doing it so no talking is very important during the night. Then put her back in the cot. It takes perseverance but this is the method I used on both kids-they slept right through from about six months each. Good luck - there's nothing worse than sleepless nights.
ps. after a couple of nights, try not even picking her up, just stroke her cheek till she goes back to sleep...
2007-10-29 00:41:21
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answered by gothicmamma 5
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when 6:30 rolls around at night, play with her, do everything possible to keep her awake until 8 or 8:30 then she will stay asleep longer, I did this with my second child. I had a three yr old also , and when she got up that early, I had her go back to bed to rest some more, or to watch a movie with a quiet toy.
another thing I did was to add a couple of tbs of cereal (rice) to the baby's bottle. This seemed to tide him over longer not wanting to wake up and eat so soon.
Do you have kiddos' grandparents who live nearby? you could let the 3 yr old could stay the night with? give you a partial break? Some one who could watch the kiddos for an afternoon while you relax? whether it is shopping, go to the spa or just nap??
Good luck and remember it will pass and before you know it you will be like me, both mine are now in school!!
2007-10-29 01:53:30
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answered by sandrarosette 4
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If possible, through the night ignore her first cries and see if she will go back to sleep. If atfter maybe 5 minutes or so goes by then go check on her. Maybe do this one waking hour at a time. Or try keeping her up until 7pm by increasing the time by 15 minutes each night from 6 to 7 pm. Do the same in the morning at 4am when she wakes up. Leave her there for and extra 15 minutes. If you don't feel comfortable waiting that long only do 5 or 10 minutes.
2007-10-29 01:19:14
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answered by erinjl123456 6
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Firstly, you have my sympathy! When your baby wake every hour, do you acknowledge her? Can you leave her to fall back to sleep, you may be stimulating her? Try cutting out her later nap too. She shouldn't be wide at 4am, try leaving her to sleep longer, if she is up at 4 she will sleep in the day then wake and night, then the cycle continues... it will take a few days but you need to alter her sleep pattern. Keep at it, and before you know she will sleep when you do! Good luck.
2007-10-29 00:36:07
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answered by Anonymous
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Hun I think it may be sleep school stage for you and your kids. Your little baby has gotten into a bad sleep pattern through no fault of your own, some little buggers just do what they want, I have a daughter who is 3, nearly 4 and when she was born she only slept for 30 mins at a time for 6 months, talk about tired, I would fall asleep if I just sat down, lol
You may just need to get tough with your baby I also have a 10mo and he still wakes a few times through the night much to my dismay, usually by 5-6 am he is in bed having a cuddle with me and we go back to sleep for an hour or so just so the day isn't so long. Most of the guidelines say that a baby between 6-12 months should roughly be getting 15 hours sleep in 24, so about 12hrs at night and 2 1.5 hr sleeps during the day, but it varies so much depending on the child. By 8 months my daughter had been taught to sleep for 1.5 hours, but she would only do it once a day, and then sleep 10-11 hours at night, usually I would have to go into her a few times but it was to re-dummy (soother or pacifier) not to feed or anything. my son is 10 m, nearly 11 and he is having 2 sleeps of 1.5 hours nearly to the dot and about 10-12 hours at night depending on how tired he is. I had to push to make his sleeps better, keep on putting him down or putting hs dummy back in when he woke to early and letting him cry, it isn't nice, but if you are all continuously always tired something has to give, if baby is cramping your sleep then you need to fix baby. I read a book called the "no cry sleep solution" it was written by a sleep trainer who teaches multiple babies (twins, triplets etc) to sleep through the night from 12 weeks old with an hour sleep in the morining and 2hrs in the arvo, google it and see what you come up with. She doesn't advocate crying it out, but does believe in gently persuading baby to do what you want.
Good luck, if you do the hard yards now by your baby's first birthday the no sleep issue could be a distant nightmare, lol
2007-10-29 00:54:01
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answered by Anonymous
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sorry to have to say this but the baby is way old enough to sleep through so you might have to use the cruel to be kind method and let her cry it out.
she should be having 2, 1-2 hour naps during the day at about 9.30 am and 2.30 pm and then bedtime by 7.30pm. and sleeping till about 5-6am without a feed.
Try consulting a sleep school if you don't think you can manage the control crying by yourself. Its totally okay to need a professionals help when it comes to sleep routines.
2007-10-29 00:35:53
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answered by Cindy; mum to 3 monkeys! 7
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you have to start seeing her 6.30 sleep as a nap.. when she wakes you must wake her up fully and keep her awake as long as you can..... i would recommend keeping her awake like this for a week and hopefully a routie wil set i that she goes for her prpoer night time sleep at around 8.30-9.00pm.... it would help if both your children had the same night time as then atleast you would know you have an hour or two in the evenig to recouperate!! It will be hard and your baby will be cranky for the first while but you will reap the rewards very quickly.. good luck
2007-10-29 00:31:28
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answered by tasha200 3
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The simple answer is - don't. This is a habit you should have broken a long time ago. My advice is this. Feed baby well before bed. Decide on a reasonable time for her next feed (Try 2 or 3 hours at first, then get slowly longer) Then block your ears and go to bed yourself. If she really crys, go to her and pat her, but DO NOT pick her up. It's very hard work when they're this old to get her out of the habit, but you have to break it now - before she gets any older. My 7 week old can do 6 hours at night - so you know your daughter can. Believe it or not, YOU have taught her these bad habits by constantly going to her. She needs a mum who isn't a zombie, and you need a life! Perservere, it'll be worth it!
2007-10-29 00:31:27
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answered by SaltWater 3
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I would slowly keep her up at night so she goes to sleep at 8:30pm instead of 6pm. It will take a couple of weeks to do this. When she wakes up at night, if you go into her room, put her back down and do not get her up. If she has a pacifier then make sure she has that and tell her to go back to sleep. Walk away and let her cry a little.. It will not hurt her. At night feed her a big meal prior to bed.. then give her her bath at around 7:30pm and that will mellow her out. Then read both of your girls a book and then it is bed time.. If you need to, adjust her naps so she will not be going back to sleep at 6am... slowly push things back. It worked for me... Good luck
2007-10-29 00:42:07
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answered by s g 2
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