Hi, my little boy who will be 4 in August is STILL not sleeping through the night. He has always been a terror and we have used every 'technique' going and have been tough cop many times. We are going through an awful time as a family and I know that this has contributed to his latest bout of sleeplessness and naughtiness. We moved to Kuwait in September with my husband's work and it has been a disaster. My oldest Son (9) has mild Asperger's and we have basically been faced with total discrimination from the schools here. It has been horrific and 6 months on I'm home-schooling him and exhausted and isolated. I'm certainly not living the loveley 'ex-pat' life I'd envisaged.
Sorry, realise I'm rambling now....anyway back to my youngest. He is waking each and every night and crying and twisting non-stop. He says he's scared of his room, which I don't understand why. It's lovely and he has a night-light. I was putting him in there for time-out but he's petrified of being left alone in there. I've asked him what is scaring him and he just says 'It's scary by myself mamma'.
He will no doubt be picking up on the stress in our house, which I know will be a negative influence on him. He is however a total monkey (always has been), very strong willed and quite a clever little fella in terms of manipulating us. Me and my husband are so tired that we're in that negative cycle of getting into bed with him or putting him in with us.
This can't continue as it's no good for him or us. He has a lovely bedtime routine of bath, cuddles and a story. Any tips please would be welcome. Being so far away from home is awful when things aren't going to plan.
Thanks x
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3.5yr old still waking in the night - exhausting
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mamof2boys · 02/04/2013 06:56
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