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Posted by xila on May 14, 2002 at 19:14:56:In Reply to: Re: Advice posted by Steve on May 14, 2002 at 16:52:36:
As I told you this is a 'habit' problem! You have to break the habit or else go on like this. In order to break the habit, you have to decide on a plan with your wife and stick to it.
It is hard to tell you what to do, because I don't know how you have managed with his sleep since he was born.
There are indeed two solutions:
- either you install him in your room, in your bed... for months and may be years to come (or you make your room in his, that's the same..)
- or you decide on a plan to break the habit.
It is perfectly normal for a child to fall asleep alone in his bed (after the goodnight kiss) and stay in it until morning. There is no reason why your son should not be able to achieve this as well. Sorry to be redundant, but you know how things become confusing when you have to deal with constant demands and don't know if what you think inside yourself (like: 'I am fed up to lie down near him for one hour every evening, and to have to leave my own bed everynight for him) is right. It is!
If the habit has been installed since he was an infant, then it will be harder to break, but it is still very feasible. If it is a recent feature, then it will be even easier.
Decide on a plan... (it has something of a war strategy, but unfortunately, if you are not determined and organized, nothing will come up).
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