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Post by Thomas Way on Apr 21, 2010 23:08:01 GMT -5
I'm asking lots of questions. Looking forward to meeting everyone in June, but until then, a timely one for us. Pat is just 2 years old now. For a number of reasons, and in part because of the AHC, Lene and I have been very bad at establishing a going-to-bed routine for Patrick. He never goes to sleep unaccompanied. He always needs to be carried/rocked to sleep. He ALWAYS fights going to sleep with a passion. Even when rocking him to sleep in our arms he'll scream and cry and kick and wriggle. Getting him to sleep can take an hour or more of cradling. (on average, 20 mins I'd say)
Now, if he didn't have ahc we would have bitten the bullet in his first year, put him in his bed and let him cry, returning every few minutes to reassure him we still loved him etc. as per what all the baby books say. But with Patrick... i don't know. I don't think his attacks are ever triggered by crying, so I don't think he's at danger in that respect. I'm just not convinced he would 'understand' this approach and go to sleep. Ever. And I can see him hurting himself if he was struggling to get to sleep during a hemi. What I'm asking is, how did you get your AHC infants to sleep independently, in their own bed, at the same time each day? And during hemi's - do/did you have a different approach? Tom
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