My 3 year old has been waking me up at night consistently for about 6 months now. He gets up at least once a night except for the extremely rare occasion that he sleeps clear through. He never wants anything so I just put him back to bed. Sometimes he does it 3 or 4 times. He's not potty trained... so it's not because he needs to go to the bathroom. He does sleep in a room with his little brother... but when we've gone out of town and he's had his own room, he still does it. I am absolutely confused as to what could be causing this... all I know is, I would LOVE to have a full night of sleep. I would have put up with it for a lot longer, but this morning when I put him back to bed at 5:15 AM... he got out his toys and woke up baby brother... that was IT! :]
Actually, my son has been doing really well lately. We are using a humidifier now to block out some of the noise, and just explain to him every night that he's not supposed to get out of bed until the sun is up. Don't know if it just clicked with him or he just grew out of the stage! He does occasionally wake me up to change his diaper once a night (man it is definitely potty training time!) Thanks everyone.
Hi C. -
A great book, "Psychic Children" by Sylvia Brown, might be what you need...it explained a lot. Good luck , L.
Hi, I totally feel for you. I have a 3 year old, who never slept thru the night until she was 2 1/2! She would wake up 6 or 7 times a night! My sister spent a week with her getting her to sleep. It is a lot to write down (what she did, so call me if it is confusing). She first started putting a humidifier in the room (for a soothing white noise). The first time of the night she would wake up at night, she would go in her room (leave the lights off)and rub her back (don't speak to them) just let them know you are there, and leave the room. If he still continues to cry, give it 2 minutes, do the same thing...lay them back down, rub their back, (no talking) and leave the room. If he continues to cry, keep adding a minute (3,4,5 up to 8 minutes)each time before you go back in. Each time repeat exactly what you did before...don't pick them up (they want this). Continue to do this for the first night. The 2nd night, wait 3 minutes before you go in the first time and thereafter. If they continue to cry, this time add a minute to what you did the night before. By the end of the week you will be letting them cry for 7-8 minutes before you go in to console them. My sister did this with my daughter, and by the end of the week, she was sleeping thru the night!! Try this. You can also call me if you need to or need more specifics.
I have a 3 year old son that does the same thing. I can sometimes set a clock by the time we wakes up. When I go into his room, I can usually put him right back to sleep, but lately he wants daddy to come and sleep with him. I tell my husband that it isn't good that he sleeps with him, but at 2:00 in the morning, the last thing you want to do it fight with the child. If anyone has good advice, please send it my way too. My email address is ____@____.com.
My son is 2 1/2 and does that all the time. He started after getting a throat infection. I have notice that sometimes he is just so congested that that wakes him up. Try to see if maybe he has allergies or he is cold.... I know how frustrating it is (we haven't had a good night sleep in a long time too!)... hang in there and I hope it gets better.
Hi C.! My daughter is 3 1/2 and up until about 3 months ago she was doing the same thing. I havent had a full nights sleep since she was born. What I did, that seems to work 99% of the time, is she gets to choose one stuffed animal to sleep with every night and I tell her that if she gets out of bed then she loses the animal she chose. She always wants to sleep with something and this has really helped her. Once she got in the habit of waking up in the middle of the night and knowing that she needs to roll over and go back to sleep she was fine. I think that sometimes the kids wake up and dont know that they just need to roll back over so they get up to see whats going on.
Good luck to you.
I also have a 3 year old that has been doing the same thing. She shares a room with her 9 month old sister...so everytime she wakes up she also wakes her sister. I would love to hear if anyone has found a great solution...cause I would love to sleep through the night again also.
My 3 year old daughter does the same thing. She just tries to come and lay in our bed about two times a night. I will check back and see if anyone has a remedy for this. I could use it too. Waking up constantly is not fun. :o)
