DownSyn Forum

Lia · Posted: August 22 2011, 10:50 AM Post subject: Help! She escapes from her cot!

I need help! She found out how to escape from her cot! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNPMleDjeig
I can't get her to sleep anymore, unless she is too exhausted. But she has to be on bed at a certain time because she has to wake up for school next morning. I have a small bed for her now and she will sleep on that from now on, but how to make her stay there and sleep? She just stands up and goes away. Schools will open in one week and I don't know how to handle this. Help!!!

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Lia, mom to ♥ Natalia 10/2008 DS ♥

Down syndrome - Ventricular septal defect - Pulmonary hypertension
Operated on 3/2009 (Pulmonary artery banding) and on 3/2010 (VSD closure)

Our precious daughter, Natalia, was born in Oct 2008. Her birth parents didn't know she had DS until the day she was born. They decided to give her for adoption. We met her when she was 22-days-old and one day later we brought her home.

Our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/ivakiya

HAnd · Posted: August 22 2011, 3:47 PM Post subject:

Have you tried Super Nannying her? Kyle had been rocked to sleep after he stopped nursing to sleep. I finally got tired of it taking 2 plus hours to get him to bed. Even though I did this in his crib I've seen it work for beds also.

Okay, here's the routine: You set up a chair next to her bed. Do your regular night time routine and lay her down and then you sit in the chair. Do NOT give her eye contact. Do NOT talk with her. If she stands up or tries to get out you say "It's time to sleep" and lay her back down. After saying that 2 or 3 times you don't anymore, just lay her back down. You ignore all behaviors, even while laying her back down, no eye contact, do not engage her. Don't give in and don't give up. The first night was awful and will be awful (took Kyle almost 2 hours!) but if you give in then it will just be worse the next day and the next. If you just decide that first night to stick it out even if it takes all night, you will eventually win, I PROMISE!

You then repeat the same routine the next night and it should get easier each day and take shorter periods of time to get her to sleep. After she's comfortable in that routine you slowly move your chair closer to the door each night until you are sitting outside the door. It's taken a couple of months but Kyle now successfully goes to sleep on his own without me in his room (I have to mention though, after that first awful night he did go to sleep easily and quickly with me sitting in there, ignoring him Smile

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Good luck! I hope that helps!

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-Heidi wife of Kevin and Mom to Nikolai-12, MaryKate-11, Sara-4, and Kyle (T21)-9/27/09 is a big brother! To Eon- 9/2/12

AliMama · Posted: August 22 2011, 5:17 PM Post subject:

I'm considering getting one of these. http://www.myreadysetbloom.com/ Someone mentioned them in another bedtime post recently. We have a smaller version that we use for travel that works pretty well.

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Maresa,
Mom to Alisa (10-29-2008) DS, complete AV canal repair on 3-6-2009

Lia · Posted: August 23 2011, 1:08 AM Post subject:

No more cot for Natalia. Last night I put her on a normal (small) bed and I stand outside her door. She left her room and I got her back to bed 38 times (yeah, I counted them). Then she finally fell asleep. During the night she fell 2 times of the bed. She didn't wake up, she just kept sleeping. And finally, at 6:00 am she woke up and came to my bedroom.

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Lia, mom to ♥ Natalia 10/2008 DS ♥

Down syndrome - Ventricular septal defect - Pulmonary hypertension
Operated on 3/2009 (Pulmonary artery banding) and on 3/2010 (VSD closure)

Our precious daughter, Natalia, was born in Oct 2008. Her birth parents didn't know she had DS until the day she was born. They decided to give her for adoption. We met her when she was 22-days-old and one day later we brought her home.

Our YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/ivakiya

AliMama · Posted: August 25 2011, 9:53 PM Post subject:

How is Lia doing? I forgot to put the link to the bed tent in my earlier post. Embarassed

Sorry! I think it looks good Very Happy

http://www.myreadysetbloom.com/

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Maresa,
Mom to Alisa (10-29-2008) DS, complete AV canal repair on 3-6-2009

adriennelynne · Posted: October 21 2011, 3:54 AM Post subject: peapods

We took our boys to a rural village in Burundi (Africa) for 6 weeks while my husband was working at a hospital and I found these tents for the boys to sleep in. They were soooo great! I don't even use a pack n play anymore. Bentley has a hard time staying in bed too so he still sleeps in his tent on his twin bed (with a rail). I noticed someone had put a tent up, but it was like $150- I found one of ours used for $20 and the other new for $80 on amazon... so if you're looking for a cheaper option this might be it. I recommend these for traveling and am suggesting it as a cheaper option, but I am not sure if it's the solution to your problem. Smile

http://www.kidco.com/main.taf?p=4,5

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Adrienne (2 Cool

Mom to Bentley born 8.14.08 (DS) and
Clayton 12.25.09
Lillian 11.23.11

AuntieM · Posted: October 21 2011, 7:06 AM Post subject:

I firmly believe that Heidi has the best solution. If a child is old enough to crawl out of a crib, then they are almost certainly "ready" to sleep in a regular bed. We moved Tarryn to a toddler bed when her little sister needed the crib (she was about 2.5 years old). Yes, the first few nights were tough, but once she realized we weren't going to give in and she was going to go to sleep in "her" bed, she did great.

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Mary, retired Pediatric Clinical Nurse Specialist
Great-aunt to Tarryn (DS, 5 years old)