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madanimal007
over 11 years ago

hi there

i wondered if any one could help or have any advice.  My son has slept fone for years been sleeping 12 hours everyday and if he didnt get these 12 hours the day would become very difficult.

However the last 3 weeks hes just started napping and not sleeping the night i find him wondering its a good job i have a baby monitor on as he likes to be quiet when doing the secret walk as he calls it.

Ive tried all sorts to aid hes hes just so tired and aggitated.  Ive done wam milk extra food bath before bed stories all sorts.  Just wondered if anyone else has advice please would be appreiciated xxInnocent

  • over 11 years ago

    I am having a similarproblem with my 5 year old, he is used to falling asleep at 7.30 and wake around 5-6am for school, now he is really struggling to go to sleep and some nights he won't sleep at all (we recently had a 48 hour no sleep days :(  ) luckily I was able to avoid him waking his 6 siblings. He is at this present moment going round the house to see his elder brothers.

    Her is also running to every wall of every room constantly banging into the walls, just seems he has a extra spurge of energy. .  He dont like bed tents and with him climbing all over the place isnt ideal at all. He not at all keen on books and dont like having stories read to him!

    any ideas, would be grateful

     

  • over 11 years ago

    thankyou MrsP, his imagination is so vivid i think we would end up playing shadows on the side of it with the torch he would demand having lol, but i may try it x

  • over 11 years ago

    havetrue have you tried a bed tent? Sounds daft but it really helped my son (just a black sheet made into a tent/camp it helped him feel a bit more secure x 

  • over 11 years ago

    hi all, im sure we arent the only ones who have this problem but would love any ideas you may have. my son, 9, has hypersensitive hearing and the wind and rain terrifies him in bed at night. i use a fan and relaxation music which helps a little but once hes been frightened by the noise of the weather hes now frightened to go to bed, even when its quiet. any ideas would be welcome x

  • over 11 years ago

    hes 6 so nothing like exams yet.  I do the samne as u for 45 mins we have what we call calm down time where they tidy toys have a book hot milk and a snack of something good like raisens apple etc just to help him settle.

    But im unsure whats gettign to his when the fair came to town he got excited but nothing sleeping wise changed.  Im hoping eventually he will calm down enough as this morning its was 3am he woke the whole house up with him singing cause he was up (not impressed mummy).  But we got up and watched dvds and he was hyper from when he got up to now hes still going lol.

    Thank u for ur advice hunny xxxx

  • over 11 years ago

    Hi, was just wondering how old your son is ? could it be that he has something important coming up ? exams etc maybe he is anxious ! When my boy gets like this (he also needs 9-10hrs) i get really strict about an hour before bed lights off just lamps so he can relax a little, No tele or xbox etc but he is allowed to read for half an hour. Not sure whether its much help but hope you get it sorted soon. x