tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16776506.post5247441171188169045..comments2023-10-30T04:44:39.080-04:00Comments on Groggyland: The great sleep battle of 2010KBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12008275744569546898noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16776506.post-11613756777685508942010-08-18T07:48:48.110-04:002010-08-18T07:48:48.110-04:00First, I will proclaim that we are not any type of...First, I will proclaim that we are not any type of experts on this since for the past year and a half I have been lying down with him to get him to go to sleep, but we have been trying a new plan to get us out of the room while he falls asleep. We sit in his doorway on the floor while he falls asleep. The first time we tried this (and three or four subsequent nights) he cried, kept getting out of his bed to see us, etc. Each time he got out of bed, we would shut the door (us on the other side) and say that we wouldn't open the door until he was back in bed. This worked because he would rather have the door open than not be able to see us. He would then just whimper in his bed until he finally fell asleep. We have been doing this for about a week and now he stays in bed, doesn't cry and usually doesn't peek more than once to see if we are still there. It has helped that we cut out his nap so he's REALLY tired at night. I only had to sit upstairs for 8 minutes last night for him to fall asleep. Soon, we'll let him know that we are in another room while he goes to sleep--I expect that this will lead to him getting out of bed, crying and so on, but hopefully with baby steps we can get to the point of him going to sleep by himself.Jenn Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05002856627022834160noreply@blogger.com