Re: 18 months, not sleeping

October 12, 2004

I have 2 more theories to add to the others besides teething or the bar is

too short.

Around this time, children can start to have nightmares as their language

develops and their dreams change from nonverbal to verbal and they become

aware that things are " scary " . Now when zoe wakes up she will tell me why:

needs a drink, needs to pee, had a bad dream (can describe in detail). She

sleeps with a light on (25 watt bulb). Two nightlights were not enough. Is

scared to death of shadows...

Also, every child I have ever known that had a toddler bed did not actually

sleep in the toddler bed. Usually around 2 1/2 years old. Most toddler beds

use the crib mattress which probably is not very comfortable once a child

reaches 30 pounds. We had wanted to keep Zoe in the crib as long as possible

and move her to a toddler bed (they're so darn cute!), but once she hit 30

pounds, she was sleeping terribly in the crib. We put her in a twin bed and

she slept like a log... until the shoes became too small... We put her in a

regular bed with mattress, box spring, headboard, footboard and added a

bedrail... I know people just put a twin mattress on the floor, but we

didn't have room to store all of the other parts of the bed that we moved in

from the guest room...

Hope this helps!

Joanne W. mom to big Zoe 3-25-01, right clubfoot

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