head rocking and night yelling
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Topic: head rocking and night yelling
Posted By: *Lou*
Subject: head rocking and night yelling
Date Posted: 24 April 2009 at 5:38am
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DS aged 2.5 has for a very long time been a head rocker - he throws his head from side to side (and sometimes his upper body too) in quite a violent manner to 'soothe' himself to sleep. As long as he has plenty of padding around him to prevent him hitting his head against the wall or headboard, this hasn't been too much of a problem to date (he won't stop it if he encounters something hard).
The problem we have at the moment is the noise that he is making while he does this. It started a while ago as a rhythmic moaning while he rocks and has got progressively louder as he gets frustrated by not getting to sleep - now he also screams at the top of his lungs! It is 10x worse when he is not in his normal bed - ie if we are away on holiday or if he is trying to get to sleep in the car. I dread long car journeys, but unfortunately they are inevitable as we have to travel for (unrelated) medical appointments. The screaming can continue for 30minutes + and at the moment I feel there is little I can do as he is almost in a 'trance state' - to interrupt him to comfort him often knocks him out of it, but puts him back at square one with trying to get to sleep. Has anyone encountered this? Any suggestions? I am desperate for answers as we have a baby due any time and I am stressed as to how a newborn will cope with his noise - particularly in the car. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: first
Date Posted: 24 April 2009 at 9:40am
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I don't have any answers for you but didn't want to read and run.
I will say just one thing baby (newborns) are incredibly adaptive. The noise wont bother baby or keep baby awake. They just adjust. My little guy was born when the roof was being replaced and it was weeks of hammering and he never even flinched. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: busyissy
Date Posted: 24 April 2009 at 1:25pm
| That's a tricky one. Is it the behaviour that bother you the most? It might be worthwhile talking to a child pyschologist or a sleep specialist. If you are worried about the $$ you could ask the OHbaby! specialists. |
Posted By: kakapo
Date Posted: 25 April 2009 at 8:28am
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I posted a similar topic a few months ago *Lou* - have bumped it for you. Jimmy still rocks himself to sleep, and we've been quite successful in preventing the associated sound effects by popping his dummy back in his mouth if he throws it out of the cot before going to sleep. So most of the time he just rocks now, instead of making noise too. But in saying that, I want the dummy to go by the time he's 2, so I see your dillema! As you say, it seems much worse to disturb them as it means they simply have to start the *going to sleep* process all over again, and therefore you have to listen to the noise for even longer Can you wear ear plugs while you're driving? I guess the only other thing you could do is try to plan the driving time around when DS is usually awake (not sure how many hours you have to travel though - if all day that may not work)? |
. Posted By: xox6Girls1Boyxox
Date Posted: 02 May 2009 at 7:10am
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Bug Hugs *Lou*, I dont really have any advice but have you tried having like a little CD player or something in his room that can play kiddies tunes so maybe he'd rock himself of to sleep to the music rather than him being really vocal? Sorry Im not much help.... Best of luck tho.....xox ------------- http://www.bump-and-beyond.com/"> 
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