My newborn of 3 weeks will not settle to sleep unless being fed or cuddled My baby is only happy if being fed or cuddled. Within minutes of putting him in his bouncy chair or on his play mat he cries and gets progressively hysterical. He is also doing this when being put down for […]
Continue ReadingHow can I get my 6 week old to settle to sleep without being held? Harvey is 6.5 weeks old. He was breast fed for 10 days and is now on formula. Whilst in hospital he was difficult to settle; even the nurses had a problem. He would fall asleep whilst feeding and then only […]
Continue ReadingHow can we get our 4 week old to settle better in the evening? We are having problems settling Charlie in the evenings. He is now 4 weeks old. He will go down sleepy, but within 10 minutes has woken again. We go in and re-swaddle him to settle him again. Sometimes he settles listening […]
Continue ReadingSince going away on holiday my 2-year-old has lost his good sleep habits. My son is 2-years-old and he has been an excellent sleeper. Up until we went on holiday, 4 weeks ago, he settled in his room by himself on a regular basis. The problem is occurring now we are on holiday and he […]
Continue ReadingHearing fireworks at night frightened my 2.5 yr son and now he cannot sleep unless I am with him. My son has always slept well, only having a few blips, but nothing serious. I have never had trouble with him going to sleep, he very often says he is tired and asks to go to […]
Continue ReadingWe have moved our 2 year old into a bed and she now is waking hysterical, several times in the night. My daughter has just had her second birthday. My husband and I decided to put her into her cot bed. She is our only child so we were not doing this for any need […]
Continue ReadingMy son is 2 years 6mths. He used to have numerous dummies in bed with him but now has only one. He drinks a bottle of cow’s milk at bedtime but now is waking several times a night and takes 3 or 4 more bottles as this is the only way he will settle back […]
Continue ReadingMy 26 month old is refusing to go to bed. The minute I leave her she becomes totally hysterical and starts to scream and scream. This has started since Saturday when the clocks changed and so I thought she just wasn’t tired enough. Now I am not so sure. Last night we didn’t manage to […]
Continue ReadingMy 19-month-old daughter becomes distressed if I don’t stay with her at 7pm. My 19-month-old daughter is getting difficult to settle in the evenings. I mistakenly used to hold her until she was asleep. However, for the last 4 months I have been putting her in her cot, after a few minutes of sitting with […]
Continue ReadingHow do I get my daughter to sleep happily in her cot again now we are finally settled in our new home? We have had the most terrible week – we have moved house which is stressful enough but my daughter of 20mths has become very unsettled. She has coped extremely well over the past […]
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