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incredibly light sleeper in someone elses house !!!!!

Anastasia - posted on 03/28/2011 ( 2 moms have responded )

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My son is very good. He plays well this the other little boy who's 2. Im living with a friend and her son in her house till i can get on my feet after my nasty divorce left me with nothing but my son. These 2 around the same age share a room in a two bedroom apartment and i sleep downstairs on the couch. No matter how I try to neutralize him to the noise in the backround and to sleep, he remains a light sleeper most of the time. Well durring the day if the little boy is sleeping in his bed and i go to put my son in his crib he wakes up slightly and will cry for HOURS. of course i cant leave him in the room for him to cry himself to sleep because the little boy was sleeping before him and my son is very loud. I pick him up and he pushes me away like always when hes really cranky and upset. he throws himself. doesnt want tv. doesnt want his cup. doesnt want any snacks. he just wants to sleep. so i tried leaving him on the couch right next to me while he naps. but even if someone walks through with a normal voice on the phone he is startled and MUST wake up to throw his fit down there! I dont know what the freak to do. can SOMEONE help me?!

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Jessica - posted on 05/01/2011

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a few fans should do the trick. face them toward the wall. one in the door way, one next to his bed, and one in the window. the circle fans are pretty loud and block out noises. during the day, put him in your roommates bedroom for nap time so your son does not disturb him. at bedtime, put your son to bed first so he doesn't get woken up by it. most kids if they have never shared a room, they are light sleepers. my daughter is and if you even walk by her door, she wakes up. fans help a lot! i would try that first. if he does happen to wake up when you lay your son down, lay down next to him and say shhh shhhh in his ear and tell him it okay quietly. lay with him until he goes back to sleep. don't talk to him or offer him anything because that will wake him up and make him more mad and he will be end up being cranky and scream and cry all day. kids don't like being woken up from their naps. is there any way you could put your son in a pack n play in your roommates room for nap time if the other boy can't sleep in there? i would think separating them at nap time would help out a lot!!!

Christina - posted on 04/03/2011

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Well, it sounds like you are doing the best you can. co-sleeping can help, but it looks like you are trying that, too. I'm guessing your friend understands, I hope so - it's just how your son is wired. White noise? Favorite tape every time? I used to play the same CD when mine would go to sleep so there was a constant sound to override the other stuff. It worked for years. He will still fall asleep now if I put it in. I hope someone else has better ideas, I have more experience with colic and sleeplessness.

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