Nws + EWs + short nights are back.What do I do with this kid????

[koe2moe]

I don't know what her background is.  I think mine was trained in kinesiology, quantum touch, etc, so she is doing all the asking.  You can perhaps ask if she could find out what is causing him to wake in the night?  Perhaps why is he sleeping so little at this young age.  Just wondering..

[Grants]

Mine also does all the asking . I think they all do as it's part of the whole Naet principles. I will try and ask tomorrow. I will also ask to test him for serotonin.

[huby]

To be honest I was having the same wake ups at 4.30am for weeks n weeks and bedtime battles for hrs until
I cut the nap for an hour n eventually she did sleep in x

[Grants]

Huby we have been there with the 1 hour nap. The problem is that his total / overall sleep doesnt improve with 1 hour nap. He doesnt tack. I'm trying to give him some more sleep, iykwim. He is a chronic early riser though. Not even with 1 hour nap helped with the EWs.

We had a good night last night. No NWs !!! Early nap at 9:50am(1.45 hour nap) + asleep at 6:30pm at BT ( after 7 hours A time ). He woke up at 4:50am. Total sleep 12hours. That's much better overall sleep. I think NWs are more common on nursery days as we don't have such a long wind down routine and he is too wound up on those days. He is spirited after all . Monday he was with me the whole day and we he had a long wind down and no Nws. It was the same yesterday and we had no Nws. Who knows with this kid??

Today I'm going to have to cut his nap as he will have to nap a bit later due to an appointment we have today.

[koe2moe]

Grants, I think u have hit a very key point.  It's the wind down which is part of the routine, not schedule.  I used to rush and rush to meet a bedtime.  On daycare days, already too late to get home, after dinner, bath, bedtime was just a hyper mess and me rushing to put DS to bed didn't help at all.  So perhaps on those days, try to continue with the long wind down to see if it helps.  What do u think? 

I thought NAEt only uses kinseiology to test whether the body accepts a substance or not, the healing process is based on Chinese medicine and acupuncture.  There are practitioners whose background is in other disciplines of medicine, ie, chiropractor, homeopath, or others might be not so full on with kinesiology.  I hope you get some answers today!  Hugs

[Grants]

I already do a long wind down on nursery days.but he seems very wound up on those days. Perhaps he would need a longer wind down routine for nursery days but this would make BT very late and he doesn't really tack so meaning late BT and still Ew.  I don't even give him a bath on nursery days. So not sure what else I could do???

[koe2moe]

I have read somewhere, perhaps one of tracy's books that says if bath is part of the routine, and when it's taken out, it might affect sleep.  Another mother told me that the bath was the relaxing part of their bedtime routine and she could see his high strung son (who started walking at the age of 7 months, trilingually brought up, talking fluently before 2) relaxing when water is poured over him.

But then... We also had that...  Skip bath, still nothing worked until DS is old enough to handle it.  Hugs hugs hugs

[Grants]

The lack of a bath is def not a trigger here. I know with Miguel that if I'm going to give him a bath it has to be at least 2 hours before BT otherwise it winds him up. It's just something we figured a few months ago.

Ok. I have just left the NAET practitioner and she said that kinesiology is part of the NAET training so she knows/use questioning as part of the treatments all the time. I will book for M soon.   

[koe2moe]

Oh cool!!!  I am thinking of taking the courses myself.  But haven't found one in English!!!

[Grants]

Quick update: yesterday he had to nap a bit later because of the NAET appointment. He napped in the car from 11:40-12:40. I woke him up after 1 hour as he napped a bit later and I wanted to try early BT and didn't want refusal. I woke him up, then went to the Practitioner's officer where DH was doing his treatment, then I started with my treatment and Ds rested, willingly ,on DH 's lap for about 30 mins so it was 1 hour nap and 30 mins rest.

We had a long wind down again and asleep by 6:25pm. It's 5:35am now and he is still sleeping and again no NWs!!! I think I'm  on to something here but I don't want to speak too soon

I finally managed to get hold of " Raising your spirited child" yesterday afternoon and I read the sleeping issues chapter first. It was all very reassuring! I was glad to find out that I'm already doing what is necessary to help M sleep, thanks to BW! It was also so interesting to gain some more insight into M's traits

[Grants]

Awake at 5:40am only 5 mins before Mr sunshine 11.20 hours night!!! Wooooohoooo!

[Mom to M&M]

AWESOME!!!!!!

[koe2moe]

Great news!!!

[babybarr]

Great stuff!  I'd def stick with the early bed.

[Grants]

Thank you ladies.

 I couldn't have early BT today as we had a birthday party and he was very wound up. He was asleep at 7:45pm. I think what is crucial for him is the wind down (RYSC confirms this). It has to be very long. He had 1.30 wind down today and it still took him 25 mins to fall asleep because he was so wound up with the party.