to be considering booking into a hotel for a good nights sleep?

[dilemma456]

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hey dilema,
i know exactly how you feel i used to go to work for a full night sleep. i worked in residentail care and the teens i looked after there knew they had to literally be dying before waking me in the night. None of the other staff could work out why the only night of the week everyone got a good kip was when i was on shift. Heartening to know obnoxious teenagers can have a heart.

My ds will be 5 next week and still has one bad night a week he is better since being at nursery 5 mornings and 2 full days a week at childminder.

go to a hotel and sleep.
get a bigger bed we now have a kingsize and was the best thing i ever did. We also have 2 single duvets, 1 for me and 1 for DH and DS. Turf dh into her bed when he is there to.

my son is under a peadtrician for other non sleep related issues but when we discussed it with him he said if it was still an issue when he was at school he would refer us to a sleep clinic but we would have to be prepared to entertain medication if it was worth doing.

you are not alone.

It does improve tho she will not still be in your bed when she is 12.

definitely do it! I have persuaded my DP that when we go to visit his relatives soon I will come a day later, having 24 hours to myself in the house. Although my 6month old DS is a good sleeper I still can't wait to just have a whole night KNOWING I can't be woken and I get to spend time on the train the following day reading a book for hours without interruption.

Tying the door handle shut sounds barbaric and dangerous...I speak as someone whose children didn't sleep through for years either and it dragged on as they are fairly close in age.

definitely do it, you are chronically sleep deprived, I've considered doing this and ds is only 4 months!

re long term there are a few things you can do. You'll probably need to steel yourself and book a week of work so you can get some rest in the day! ask your hv for referral to a sleep clinic/pediatrician/camhs. Sometimes meds are prescribed in extreme cases, not saying this is the best option but it might help break her cycle.

I've done behavioural work (work in camhs) on a few occasions with children with sleep probs sticker charts and such like combined with rapid return and v v frim boundaries. Done a bit of cognitive work too with mixed success.

Try reading Tanya Byrons book "your child your way" she's quite good on sleep stuff 9she has a child with sleep diffs herself)