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Re: Please help, Daddy away DS (3yo)refuses to sleep.
« Reply #15 on: March 30, 2014, 09:17:24 am »
I'd try the EBT. Worst case scenario is he awake for a while but that is happening already. With a good long wind-down, lavender bath, warm milk etc. Even if he can't articulate his worries you can still spend some time reassuring him that daddy will be back, that you miss daddy too, that daddy loves us even though he is far away.





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Re: Please help, Daddy away DS (3yo)refuses to sleep.
« Reply #16 on: March 30, 2014, 13:50:00 pm »
He woke sometime before 6:20 this morning so I'm going to do bt tonight at 5:30. He does get plenty of exercise during the day between playing outside and running around with the neighbor kids he is very active.

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Re: Please help, Daddy away DS (3yo)refuses to sleep.
« Reply #17 on: March 30, 2014, 14:44:51 pm »
What about getting your DH to write to him - perhaps send a load of cards and you can give him one each day/at BT to read so he goes to bed with a positive thought of daddy? If your DH doesn't have time to do that because of work, you could always do it and say it's from DH? I know that's a little dishonest and I'm sorry if that doesn't sit comfortably with some perople, but if R was in such a pickle I'd do what needed to be done.

What do you think?

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Re: Please help, Daddy away DS (3yo)refuses to sleep.
« Reply #18 on: March 30, 2014, 22:07:33 pm »
I'm willing to try ANYTHING at this point, I asked DH to go and buy a teddy bear for M and sleep with it for a couple of nights and then mail it to me. I have also found some internet that I have to order the hardware and I will do that in 3 days when DH gets paid. Then we should be able to video skype. Hena, I will have DH pick up some cards when he gets the teddy bear and he can mail them to me all at once (or daily if there is a mailbox close by) then each day I will stick one in the mailbox for M to find. We dont get our mail until after 5pm so that works out perfectly.

Tonight I brought M to his room at 5:30 and instead of reading we talked for a bit then sang songs while I massaged him. I then laid with him for a couple of minutes while he kept singing twinkle twinkle little star. Now he is laying there talking and singing to himself. I am going to try and stay on top of it tonight and go in every 10-15 minutes and remind him to go to sleep. I dont normally like to do that because I think sometimes it winds him up more but I am desperate and hoping the reminder to go to sleep will finally sink in, sometime before 9pm.

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Re: Please help, Daddy away DS (3yo)refuses to sleep.
« Reply #19 on: March 31, 2014, 09:15:53 am »
Hope you had a good night, poor little boy.  You're taking such good care of him, take care of yourself too.  (())
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Re: Please help, Daddy away DS (3yo)refuses to sleep.
« Reply #20 on: March 31, 2014, 12:11:17 pm »
He finally feel asleep at 8:15 then woke at 3am and stayed awake until sometime after 5:30. Now it's 8:10 and he is still sleeping. I want to wake him so bt doesn't get to late but he needs the sleep so much that I'll deal with it.