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I recently moved into a new apartment with my friend and her 18m old son. In general the baby seems happy in the new apartment, however there are some behavior changes we need advice on. If anyone has any tips they would be much appreciated!
The biggest problems we are having is at nighttime. Before the move, my friend and the baby would rock for about half an hour before bedtime and then put him down for the evening (awake or not) and he would sleep through the night. Now he will not go to sleep for her, he screams if we put him in the crib while he is awake, and he wakes up in the middle of the night and stays asleep if he is with us, but as soon as we put him in his crib he wakes up. Everything in his bedroom is the same as his old room, we have a humidifier running in his room for white noise (same), and we have blocked the light in his room so is very close brightness to his old room. I usually end up rocking him to sleep and put him in his crib when I am home, but if I am not here my friend can not get him down until around 11ish after 2+ hours of cuddling, singing, rocking, etc. She is getting very frustrated because I am able to put him to sleep and she is not (most nights if I do not rock with him he screams and bangs on my door). I have thought of sleeping in the room with him for a few nights, but not sure if that would help or hurt the situation. Any advice or tips would help get our already hectic lives back to normal! Thanks! Posted on 12/17/07, 04:12 am |
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Not sure how recently you moved, but we moved when my daughter was 14 months old and it took me like four months to get her sleeping through the night again. I felt like I had to completely start from scratch. It was so maddening. It's hard because at 18 months, even if you make everything as similar as you can, they are still aware enough of their surroundings that they know they are someplace different...and they get scared...they want to make sure mom is still here at this new place and that they're not alone. My "tip" would be just to take a really deep breath and be patient...if he was a good sleeper before, then he will be again, but it takes a good period of time before little ones can adjust. Keep his nighttime routine consistant like you have been doing, reassure him when he needs it, and get a new pillow for the rocking chair because you're going to be spending some time in there for awhile until he adjusts!
Good luck, it will pass, give your little one some more time, life will get back to normal eventually! 
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i agree he is scared of being in new place and is mommy going to move again give him lots of love and encouragement and show him new place is safe
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Thanks to both of you for the advice! I just want to make sure that by me putting him to bed every night and us letting him sleep in our beds when he wakes up in the middle of the night, we are helping and not hurting the situation. Thanks again!
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