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| See also our section on
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| Does your baby have a sleep
problem? . |
| Only if you think it has,
according to the
Crying
Baby Clinic |
| For babies under 18 months you can
also check out The
Baby Sleep Guide for guidance |
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| Find a book |
Solve your child's sleep problems with Dr Ferber.
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I've never been able to get on
with this book by Ferber - leaving children to cry - yuk! But if you are
desperate, then try it - many parents swear by it and it has no doubt saved
their sanity. But just maybe that's where the saying
'Cry and you cry alone' came from...
See an interview with Ferber
here
If you would like to consider a range of options before using Ferber's
technique as a last resort, then take a look at Lyn Quine's brilliant book,
below. |
Solving Children's Sleep Problems
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Lyn has been carrying out research
into sleep for many years and carried out a controlled trial for the Joseph
Rowntree Foundation to test the methods that appear in this book. She is the
author of over 60 journals and books and has made numerous television and radio
programmes to talk about her research including Radio 4 Womans Hour and Doe He
Take Sugar. In March 1997 she presented her findings to the Royal Society of
Medicine.
You can find a summary on-line at
Rollercoaster. |
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TATTy Mums
(Tired All The Time)
Feeling tired? |
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Sleep deprivation is a well-known form of torture - and children just don't
seem to recognise the trouble they're storing up for themselves as they turn
night into day and day into night.
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Re-discover
the art of the nap
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Are you ready for parenthood?
Take this simple test... |
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Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and fill it with 8-12 pounds of
sand.
At 3pm begin to waltz and hum with the bag until 9pm. Lay down your bag and
set your alarm for 10pm. Get up, pour a glass of warm milk inside the bag, pick
it up, and sing every song you have ever heard. Make up about a dozen more and
sing these until 4am. Set alarm for 5am. Get up and make breakfast.
Keep this up for 5 years.
Look cheerful.
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Of course, feeling tired all the time may not necessarily be the result of
sleep deprivation. Too much adrenalin at the wrong time will stop you sleeping
so try these suggestions.
1. Take some exercise. Get out of the house and walk, swim, run, or even do the
housework.
2. Book in some FUN and
relaxation!
3. Eat breakfast plus plenty of fruit, rice, bread, potato and pasta
4. Make sure bed is a place for sleep, not insomnia - read how at
The Surgery Door
5. Talk about your problems - coffee mornings are a great way to meet others
and share experiences. You might like to think about
meeting other like-minded Mums
6. On the other hand, if exercise itself is exhausting, you might want your GP
to investigate
further and check out our resources on post-natal depression or the
Menopause.
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Personally, I've always thought that the best cure for everyone's sleepless
nights is having your child in bed with you. I don't know why this is always
described as 'controversial' - after all, the grownups share a bed... to find
out more, you can read the revised... |
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Three in a Bed,
The Benefits of Sleeping with Your Baby
by British mother of three, Deborah Jackson
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Check if your bed is big enought
with the Sleep
Council |
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and then read together
The
Biggest Bed in the World |
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Have a wry laugh with a family that keeps growing, a dad who can't sleep and
the solutions he finds. Includes positive images of an unruffled breastfeeding
mum and a growing menagerie of pets.
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Help us to help more mums!
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about Motherwise UK |
From Tired to Inspired |
| New book out by Debra Waterhouse.
She makes the point that if you feel tired all the time it's because you
are tired all the time. Why? Because we're in a female energy crisis -
read more |
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| Find some soothing music to
help your child sleep |
Cradle Song |
| Having bought several so-called 'lullaby' CDs
and tapes, this is the absolute best. Mellow, smooth, rhythmic, it's good for
stressed parents and the melodies even improve with familiarity! As a plus
point, you are introducing your child to classical composers and a quality
performance - Julian Lloyd Webber wrote his Cradle Song in celebration of his
own baby and these compositions are played from the heart with sleepy children
in mind. Definitely a five star recommendation. |
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African Lullaby
Another unusual title with great rhythms - original music from Ladysmith Black
Mambazo and others. |
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