ty🫦 :
i’m not sure how young your child is but what helped us personally was her own bed in her own room, we would read her a book, warm milk and lay beside the bed, cool that worked . then it was reading a book farther and father away until my back was against the door, *another thing that helps is a bed with rails/crib* don’t immediately give attention or go into room as soon as they start crying, wait maybe 5-10 minutes that way they learn that crying isn’t the way to get mom or dad. yes it sounds cruel but as kids grow they learn everytime they cry mom or dad will come in and comfort them and as they get smarter and sneakier they will use that to keep from going to bed *mind you kids aren’t supposed to want to sleep they have fomo* lol. so back to what i was saying, now i’ll read a book if it’s light enough to see the book without a light on, if not i’ll sit close to the bed or by the wall and wait maybe 10-15 minutes and walk out, it’s all about routine, atleast that’s what helped us and we went from going to plop her in her bed walking out and her falling asleep to months later her waking up 8-9 times a night screaming, now i can just wait a few minutes and walk out and she’s fine and sleeps throughout the night and if she does wake up it’s between 8:30 and 10 and me and the mother are still awake at that time, it sucks but fighting sleep/ sleep regressions are real and the only way to solve things like this is strictly routine and showing them they don’t get what they want by simply just crying. kids are alot smarter than most people think but there very “gullible” if you will, i know what its like to work 40-70 hours a week and be up every hour of the night, prayers for you and hope this helps
2026-08-19 23:52:40