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Some Soylentils have managed to reproduce, so this study, which has findings on how to keep the young ones keep sleeping through the night, might be useful.
Overall, studies indicate that 15 to 20 percent of one to three year olds continue to have nightwakings. According to Stephanie Zandieh, M.D., Director, Pediatric Sleep Disorders and Apnea Center, The Valley Hospital, "Inappropriate sleep associations are the primary cause of frequent nightwakings. Sleep associations are those conditions that are habitually present at the time of sleep onset and in the presence of which the infant or child has learned to fall asleep. These same conditions are then required in order for the infant or child to fall back to sleep following periodic normal nighttime arousals."
Sleep associations can be appropriate (e.g., thumb sucking) or problematic (e.g., rocking, nursing, parental presence). "Problematic sleep associations are those that require parental intervention and thus cannot be reestablished independently by the child upon awakening during the night," adds Dr. Zandieh.
Here are some helpful tips to help your child sleep through the night:
Every child is different, but the techniques seem sensible and worth trying, such as giving them a security blanket (or teddy bear, etc) when being put to bed to signal it's time to sleep.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by mechanicjay on Wednesday January 04 2017, @12:59AM
Inclined to agree. There's thousands of years of evolution, which the invention of the electrified suburban existence has a hard time competing against.
Our 3 year old wakes up at about midnight and comes to our bed. Every night. Our just 6 year old stays in his own bed all night now, but when he was 3, he did the same. Slowly but surely his "waking" time got later and later, stuck at 4am for a long time and now, is basically until it's time to getup for school. We read and stay with our kids until they go to sleep every night, usually only about 20 minutes. Though we're starting to pull back on that with the 6 year old, because he just doesn't need it any more, though some nights he does...and that's okay too. They're only kids once, if you can't be arsed to give them the love and attention they desperately need in the first handful of years, don't bother pro-creating. They're kids, they need to feel safe and protected. Lest you think we're over protective of them, we always encourage them to do stuff for themselves back way the hell off when they demand to do something themselves -- give them the love and support they need so that they're not afraid to try and fail and learn and try again and finally, most importantly, so that they're not afraid to ask you for help when they need it. Not saying that staying with them till they sleep is the deciding factor here, but it's definitely a component of an overall parenting philosophy, which so far is working out pretty well for us.
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(Score: 3, Interesting) by jdavidb on Wednesday January 04 2017, @01:23AM
I read to my children most nights right after they go to bed. Typically I read to them awhile, then put on an audiobook or sometimes music, and I usually sit near them for awhile, surfing the net on my laptop. The original reason this worked out this way was because we couldn't get them to stay in bed when they were younger, but all our children seem to enjoy and appreciate it. Originally I used to sit stressing and doing nothing which was miserable for me and for them. Then I decided having a laptop to read from and surf on wasn't a bright enough light it would prevent them from sleeping, and it was tranquilizing for them (and for me).
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