Our oldest has never been a particularly good sleeper. Ever. When he was a newborn, he lost a lot of weight very quickly and we were advised to wake him every two hours for the first several weeks to make sure he was fed. From our perspective, it messed with his sleep big time and […]
Archive for tag 'toddler sleep'
Confession time: My son is almost four and he does not go to sleep on his own. I’ll just let that sink in. For the past four years, give or take a few nights, Mr. Cotton Candy and I have had to take turns staying with Little CC and waiting him out until he finally […]
Before I had kids, I always laughed at the funny stories from my friends about crazy toddler sleep routines. The menagerie of stuffed animals they sleep with, the incessant requests for drinks of water or “one more song,” and the stories of climbing out of cribs and escaping bedrooms. It all seemed so crazy and […]
The end of this week will mark a month since we officially moved Baby C into her toddler bed. The move was long overdue – she first climbed out of her crib nearly 3 months earlier, and despite getting pretty scared by the crash that followed, she continued to make attempts regularly thereafter. I, however, […]
For the last few weeks, bedtime has been a complete and total disaster. While Little Oats didn’t start sleeping through the night until about 15 months or so, she has been remarkably good at going to bed on her own since about 7 or 8 months. We have the same bedtime routine (stories, singing, prayers, […]
You know about Occam’s Razor? In my own words, it’s basically that between two options the one with the fewer assumptions, the simpler solution, is better. Oh, if only I had applied this principle months ago to the little dudes’ sleep issues. You see, we’ve been in toddler sleep hell for about 3 months. For […]
When I last left off, Miss H was sleeping perfectly well in her new twin bed. We had a fantastic first month where the switch from crib to bed seemed like a great idea – she was napping great on the weekends, sleeping great at night, and all was well. And then she realized she […]
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