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]]> By: Earth Muffin http://tastelikecrazy.com/2009/07/30/do-you-know-the-super-nanny/#comment-7948 Earth Muffin Fri, 31 Jul 2009 18:54:05 +0000 http://tastelikecrazy.com/?p=2511#comment-7948 Oh, how totally awful for you! I feel your pain, as my youngest was a rotten sleeper himself well past age 2. We also Ferberized after he turned 1 (he coslept until then) and it worked like a charm until I went back to work after summer vacation. After that, his MO was to wake up 50 times a night "needing" things: a drink of water, a hug, a lovey that had fallen out of his bed, a diaper change, etc. For us, it just finally petered out and once he hit 2 1/2, he started sleeping just fine. I wish I could give you a magic formula to make it all better. Hope you can figure something out! .-= Earth Muffin´s last blog ..<a href="http://earthmuffininillinois.blogspot.com/2009/07/see-this-movie.html" rel="nofollow">See this movie...</a> =-. Oh, how totally awful for you! I feel your pain, as my youngest was a rotten sleeper himself well past age 2. We also Ferberized after he turned 1 (he coslept until then) and it worked like a charm until I went back to work after summer vacation. After that, his MO was to wake up 50 times a night “needing” things: a drink of water, a hug, a lovey that had fallen out of his bed, a diaper change, etc. For us, it just finally petered out and once he hit 2 1/2, he started sleeping just fine. I wish I could give you a magic formula to make it all better. Hope you can figure something out!
.-= Earth Muffin´s last blog ..See this movie… =-.

]]> By: Amanda http://tastelikecrazy.com/2009/07/30/do-you-know-the-super-nanny/#comment-7934 Amanda Fri, 31 Jul 2009 01:45:28 +0000 http://tastelikecrazy.com/?p=2511#comment-7934 OMG! I'm so sorry. I've also done the waterbottle thing to 'get rid' of all the monsters. I've also though had one that to this day (10) is just not.a.sleeper. AT ALL. She will literally stay up all night and then be perfectly fine in the morning and all day. I don't get it but whatever - I'll go with it. Now, when I suggest this I know I'm up for mom of the year but..... Have you considered adding a TV to the room? Or maybe one of those sound machines? I know that for us our little "I don't want to sleep so let me sit here and bother you" love monkey, at the end of the day, couldn't sleep with no sound. I know, I don't understand it either. But again, whatever. It WORKED! You'll get a bunch of answers and I hope one works for you because that really.really.really does suck. Hugs to you guys as you get this worked out! OMG! I’m so sorry.

I’ve also done the waterbottle thing to ‘get rid’ of all the monsters. I’ve also though had one that to this day (10) is just not.a.sleeper. AT ALL. She will literally stay up all night and then be perfectly fine in the morning and all day.

I don’t get it but whatever – I’ll go with it.

Now, when I suggest this I know I’m up for mom of the year but…..
Have you considered adding a TV to the room? Or maybe one of those sound machines? I know that for us our little “I don’t want to sleep so let me sit here and bother you” love monkey, at the end of the day, couldn’t sleep with no sound. I know, I don’t understand it either. But again, whatever. It WORKED!

You’ll get a bunch of answers and I hope one works for you because that really.really.really does suck.

Hugs to you guys as you get this worked out!

]]> By: stacey@Havoc&Mayhem http://tastelikecrazy.com/2009/07/30/do-you-know-the-super-nanny/#comment-7930 stacey@Havoc&Mayhem Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:57:06 +0000 http://tastelikecrazy.com/?p=2511#comment-7930 I am sorry, so so sorry. It sucks. I know all to well how bad it sucks to have a screaming sleepless child & nothing but your presence all freaking night long will stop it. DS1 was that child until he was 2. DS2 took over around the time he turned 3 & even now at 5 has rare occasions of it (this week for instance...). We tried everything but what seemed to have the most consistent effect were spray bottles. One bottle is just a lavender air freshner I renamed "good dreams spray" when they seemed to be having a series of nightmares. I sprayed the air freshner over their bed when I tucked them in & told them the smell would keep the bad dreams away. It worked, much to my shock. The other was 'monster spray' which was a spray bottle with a drop of food grade green dyed water in it & some lavender essential oil. They helped mix it up. We sprayed the room every night with it & they got to keep the bottle on the table by their bed. If they woke up & were scared they sprayed the water, which makes monsters dissolve. I think having something active to do helped them. Right now DS2 just "Doesn't want to be alone" & he shares a room with his brother... I'm still trying to come up with something that doesn't involve one of us spending half the night on the floor of his room. .-= stacey@Havoc&Mayhem´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.havocandmayhem.com/2009/07/muffin-cakes.html" rel="nofollow">Muffin cakes</a> =-. I am sorry, so so sorry. It sucks. I know all to well how bad it sucks to have a screaming sleepless child & nothing but your presence all freaking night long will stop it. DS1 was that child until he was 2. DS2 took over around the time he turned 3 & even now at 5 has rare occasions of it (this week for instance…). We tried everything but what seemed to have the most consistent effect were spray bottles. One bottle is just a lavender air freshner I renamed “good dreams spray” when they seemed to be having a series of nightmares. I sprayed the air freshner over their bed when I tucked them in & told them the smell would keep the bad dreams away. It worked, much to my shock. The other was ‘monster spray’ which was a spray bottle with a drop of food grade green dyed water in it & some lavender essential oil. They helped mix it up. We sprayed the room every night with it & they got to keep the bottle on the table by their bed. If they woke up & were scared they sprayed the water, which makes monsters dissolve. I think having something active to do helped them. Right now DS2 just “Doesn’t want to be alone” & he shares a room with his brother… I’m still trying to come up with something that doesn’t involve one of us spending half the night on the floor of his room.
.-= stacey@Havoc&Mayhem´s last blog ..Muffin cakes =-.

]]> By: Jennifer http://tastelikecrazy.com/2009/07/30/do-you-know-the-super-nanny/#comment-7927 Jennifer Thu, 30 Jul 2009 21:08:41 +0000 http://tastelikecrazy.com/?p=2511#comment-7927 I am so so sorry. Boy, I wish I had the answers for you, but I definitely do not. One of us has to stay with Deacon until he falls asleep. There. I admitted it "out loud." It sucks, I hate it, but you have bigger balls than I do - I could not do three hours of that. He was up three times last night so it really doesn't matter anyway. If you figure it out, send Jo here next. Or at least some sleep mojo. Good luck to you and Tucker. I hope tonight brings sleep for all of you. I am so so sorry. Boy, I wish I had the answers for you, but I definitely do not.

One of us has to stay with Deacon until he falls asleep. There. I admitted it “out loud.” It sucks, I hate it, but you have bigger balls than I do – I could not do three hours of that. He was up three times last night so it really doesn’t matter anyway.

If you figure it out, send Jo here next. Or at least some sleep mojo.

Good luck to you and Tucker. I hope tonight brings sleep for all of you.

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