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| | | NEXT MESSAGE  | | | | | AUTHOR: | MCK'S MOM | DATE: 07/06/03 8:26am | | SUBJECT: |  SINGLE MOTHER, 2 YR OLD WONT SLEEP ALONE, HELP! | | | I NEED SOME SUGGESTIONS PLEASE!! MY 2 YR. OLD DAUGHTER WILL NOT SLEEP ALONE. (SHE IS 25 MONTHS) SHE SLEPT IN A BASSINET WHEN SHE WAS AN INFANT RIGHT NEXT TO MY BED. DUE TO THE FACT THAT I WAS A SINGLE MOTHER, I COULD NOT AFFORD A CRIB. SO WHEN SHE COULD CLIMB OUT OF THE BASSINET, I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO PUT HER IN THE BED WITH ME (APPROX. 8 MOS. OF AGE). WHEN I WAS FINALLY ABLE TO AFFORD A CRIB AT 12 MOS. OF AGE...SHE WOULD NOT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT...SHE WOULD NOT EVEN LOOK AT IT. WE WENT THRU MANY SLEEPLESS NITES OF CRYING, SCREAMING, ETC.. WHEN SHE WAS IN THE CRIB AND I FINALLY HAD TO GET SOME SLEEP SO I COULD WORK THE NEXT DAY AND GAVE IN AND PUT HER IN MY BED AGAIN. I KNOW THE OLD SAYING GOES, "ONCE YOU PUT THEM IN YOUR BED, YOU WILL NEVER GET THEM OUT"...BUT DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY SUGGESTIONS NOW THAT SHE HAS JUST TURNED 2 OF HOW TO GET HER INTERESTED IN THE CRIB OR SLEEPING ALONE? ALSO, SHE DOES NOT HAVE A REGULAR BEDTIME BECAUSE I WORK FOR HOME DEPOT AND SOMETIMES I OPEN AND SOMTIMES I CLOSE AND WHEN I CLOSE I DONT GET OFF UNTIL 11 OR 11:30 AND ITS MIDNITE BEFORE WE GET IN THE BED AND ON THE NITES I OPEN THE NEXT MORNING, I CANT GET HER TO GO TO SLEEP AROUND 8PM OR 9PM. (SHE IS IN A SECOND SHIFT DAYCARE UNTIL 11 OR 11:30PM). ALSO QUESTION: SINCE I AM A SINGLE MOTHER, DOES IT REALLY MATTER IF SHE SLEEPS IN THE BED WITH ME, OR CAN THIS BE HARMFUL TO HER LATER IN LIFE? THX FOR ANY SUGGESTIONS....SLEEPLESS IN ALABAMA | |  | |
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