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Posted 11/24/2008 9:45 AM

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I am a mother of two boys ages 3 years and 7 months. My three year old has been sleeping through the night since he was 10 weeks old. He has put himself to sleep since he was about 2 weeks old. We have a bedtime routine that includes bath, reading and then bed. We have done this since he was an infant. In the past few months he is procrastinating HORRIBLY about going to bed. Once in bed he constantly needs another kiss, or a drink or something. I have taken away toys, and other privileges and he still continues with the behavior. Sometimes he is in bed for two hours before falling asleep. Now he is waking in the middle of the night and coming into our room. I put him back in bed and he will continue to wake and say he needs things. I am exhausted and not at my best in the middle of the night. He is now cranky during the day and so am I. Do I need to see a pediatrician or is this just a developmental stage? How do I stop going back into his room when he is going to bed? I am also a full time student, but before that I was working full time and going to school part time. So he gets to see me more than he used to. Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks!!!

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Posted 10/4/2010 7:12 PM

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hello! i have a 2 and a half year old daughter who does the same thing! she has slept through the night like a champ since she was only a couple months old! she still goes to bed at night very good but its nap time that she tends to do the same thing that your son is doing! i found that she started doing this when i switched her from her crib to her toddler bed which is obvious because she can now get out of her bed rather than being enclosed by her crib! i found that the only thing i can do after repeatedly getting her what she "needs" is to just close her door and let her be. eventually she lays down and takes her nap and if she doesnt then she doesnt. i understand your situation is different because its happening at night but you might just want to let him do what he is gonna do and i think he will outgrow it. once he sees that your arent always gonna get what he is aasking for i think he will just go back to his normal sleep patterns! hope this works out for ya...good luck!!

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Posted 7/31/2012 10:27 AM

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Your son has become more active to before going to bed or I would say 3-4 hours before going to bed involve your son in many activities so till the time to bed he will become tired and fall asleep quickly.

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Posted 10/9/2012 3:16 PM

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I would talk to your pediatrician to rule out any health concerns. My son did the same thing and we discovered it was his tonsils and adenoids causing the problem. After we had those removed, he returned to his happy self, sleeping through the night once again. We had no clue that was the problem until we took him to the dr.

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Posted 2/28/2013 7:52 PM

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Quote: Your son has become more active to before going to bed or I would say 3-4 hours before going to bed involve your son in many activities so till the time to bed he will become tired and fall asleep qui...

That's great idea!!!!

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