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Baby Sleep is Unpredictable

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Last night was brutal. My little man was up every couple of hours. Screaming for no apparent reason. It was tough. But, what made it even tougher was the fact that he had just turned a corner with his sleep habits, and had started sleeping through the night for like 5 days in a row. He is 13 months old. Unfortunately, a baby’s sleep is never predictable. I remember my daughter having episodes like that too. And, she was my best sleeper. My middle child was the worst, not sleeping through the night until he was 18 months old. And, … Continue reading →

Difficulty Sleeping

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My daughter Jessie has been having issues with sleeping lately. I feel so bad for her, especially since she was always a good sleeper. Jessie joined our family when she was nine months old. She transitioned beautifully. We could put her in her crib and she’d flop over onto her tummy and sleep peacefully for 12 hours or more. Pumpkin was a foster baby in our home when Jessie came. Since Jessie has been here, four children have come and gone. We’ve done our best to cushion the blow of changes in the family. We reiterate how she is our … Continue reading →

Where Does Your Child Like to Sleep?

Perhaps it has not dawned on you that not all children like to sleep in beds? In fact, many parents will comment that their child sleeps better just about anywhere and everywhere else. For the new parent who has put all the time, money, and creativity into designing the perfect nursery with the beautiful, expensive crib—discovering that the infant does not actually LIKE to sleep in the crib can come as a discouraging blow. You may find that your child likes to sleep in the stroller, car seat, or even on the floor better than sleeping in her adorable bed. … Continue reading →

Sleep Issues in Adopted Children, Part One

Adopted children can have all the sleep issues other do and then some. Parents use various methods to try to get their kids to sleep. Some of these methods may not be appropriate for adopted children depending on the circumstances. First let’s talk about sleep issues that apply to all children. Some children just seem to need less sleep (judge by how they are acting in the daytime, not whether they want to go to sleep!), some seem temperamentally more sensitive to separation from parents, some prefer to be swaddled and some dislike it, and many more normal differences. In … Continue reading →

Coming Home: Don’t Underestimate Jet Lag!

The first day we brought our one-year-old daughter home from Korea, we were pleased that she fell asleep at 8 p.m., just like our three-year-old son. “This is great,” we thought in our ignorance. Then a couple of hours later, my husband and I were just getting into bed when she screamed, panicked from waking in an unfamiliar place. “Oh, no,” we said as it slowly dawned on us. “That was her afternoon nap!” Sure enough, she was awake until five o’clock in the morning. You’d think that having just returned from Korea ourselves we would have remembered that we’d … Continue reading →

Adjustment at Home

“I cannot believe how beautifully she’s adjusted,” my mother said. Most people echoed her feelings. My daughter, who arrived home two weeks before her first birthday, seemed beautifully adjusted during the day. Although she at first cried if my husband or I were not in the room, when we were in the room she would sit and play and interact with adoring friends and relatives. They marveled when she crawled or babbled. Even though eleven month-olds are supposed to crawl and babble, it still seemed like a miracle—both because we were witnessing it for the first time, and because it … Continue reading →