Millpond Sleep book

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Hi,if you have read this book can you tell me roughly what it says to do to help older children sleep? I have a nightwaking 3 year old and I am so over it! But want to know if it will be worth me buying the book... Thanks

It suggests gradual retreat plus reward chart basically hth

We have just done gradual withdrawl but went through the clinic.

This is the genearl gist of what we we are doing, 4 weeks on DD has changed from a child with sleep issues and behaviour issues, into one who sleeps through the night and is a much calmer and happier child during the day.

When we talked to the clinic, we were advised to go down the gradual withdrawal method. We followed what they call a nightime hygiened routine although we have stopped this now as it didn't work for us as a family. This took place 15 minutes before bedtime so a quick but warm realxing bath, pyjamas and milk and then into bed. DD's natural falling asleep time was 8pm. So the idea was to get her into bed by 7.30, read to her until 7.45 or read and a massage and then we sit quietly on the sleepy cushion until DD is asleep and for 10 minutes after as this is how long it takes for children to fall into a deep sleep. If she woke in the night we took her back to bed and again sat on the sleepy cushion for 10 minutes after she went to bed. DD also has an ipod with stories on which lasts all night. You move the sleepy cushion every 3 nights until you are outside. Now we have introduced a light on a timer that she is not alowed out of her room until that comes on, we are working on that one though, but in 10 days the difference has been amazing. Yes she still wakes sometimes in the night but take last night, she cam in to our room at 12.15, and it was straight back to sleep without me having to stay there.

Hope this helps.

Insetad of the reward chart we used the sleep fairy who used to leave little messages in a box. Well done and keep going etc

Hey, thank you very much for that. We will give gradual retreat a go Great that it worked for you!