Bed time tantrum anyone?
My lo struggles with going to bed. Every night at 7 we either take a bath or do a wipe down, get jammies, brush teeth, say night to dad and ready a book then go to bed. Its pretty much the EVERY day and he does great with every piece other than going into bed. I used to cuddle him to sleep but we're whining off cosleeping cause none of us are sleeping well. He sleeps great through the night now but getting in bed is rough. I try to comfort him, pat his back, sing to him, but he just escalates worse. The best thing is to say goodnight and just leave him alone woth some piano music.
Does anyone have advice to help so that he can transition INTO bed better?
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We’re doing Ferber method and he doesn’t like being put into his crib either. It’s rough but the sleep is totally worth it
They say baby yoga is the best way to help baby boys sleep ! 😴
My guy knows the drill and cries when it’s time to go to his crib. We have found that he settles pretty well on his own and the longer we stick around or the more we go in to check on him, the longer and harder he cries. So we make sure that the space is set up for him, tell him we love him and sleep tight, and skedaddle on out so he can get himself to sleep that much faster.
If might be too long. I love Supernanny’s goodnight technique. We do a full bedtime routine with 5 minutes of cuddling. I literally use a timer that vibrates at the end. Then hugs and kisses and goodnight. If he gets up, it’s bedtime darling and I lead him back. The second time, “bedtime”. No eye contact. No conversation. I lead him back. The third time, I silently lead him back without eye contact. Lovingly, but with appropriate bedtime distance.
The first night takes a while. Eventually you won’t really need to do it at all.
And when my son was 3, any time there was serious misbehavior at bedtime, he lost a story. He’d be devastated but a time out wasn’t appropriate for bedtime and he needed some consequence for things like hitting or screaming or throwing things. He stopped having tantrums around 4.
How old? Around 18 months we started incorporating a physical aspect to bedtime for our son. It started as i helped him "hop like a bunny" into his crib. Then we started using a big blanket to swing him before bed. Now he is in a big bed and we use the blanket to do up and downs and swing him into bed. He has always loved it and I feel that last good laugh really tires him out.
My son loves it and even on nights where he seems to be stalling we ask him if he is ready to do his up and downs or swing into bed and its an immediate yes. We have a special red blanket that we have always used. He loves it and honestly we love it bc he laughs so hard.
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