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Child Settling Problems or Resists to Sleep
There are different reasons child may not want to go to bed at night. Find out why child is a night owl, and read about some strategies to try. Child may have issues with autonomy. In other words, they may want to have more control over their body and their environment. This usually starts to happen after about nine months of age, and is what two-year-olds are famous for! Give child some limited choice and “control” over the type of bedtime activities and the order of the bedtime routine. If child has more control over these activities, they may feel less need to exercise control over when they fall asleep.
If older child resists going to sleep at night, remember this: It is responsibility to put child to bed, but it is child’s responsibility to go to sleep. Put child to bed at a reasonable time after a reasonable bedtime routine. Have clear rules (stay in bed, no eating, etc.). Then, if child doesn’t fall asleep, it may be that they don’t need so much sleep. If they stay awake late, and then want to sleep late in the morning, wake them up 10 minutes to a half hour earlier every morning until they are falling asleep at the time you want at night.
Basically, you should discuss the bedtime routine during the day so that the child knows what to expect at night. Then stick with it each night. If kids know what to expect, then they'll usually do okay.
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