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PeteHulbert37
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How can I teach my 18 month old to sleep in until like 8am?
SCcouple1990
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If you can figure that out, you will be the richest man in America
Miles Long
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This is one thing I'm not looking forward to when I become a parent. My last manager, a father of two small children who liked waking up at 5 am, was the kind of guy who enjoyed busting my chops. Whenever I wanted to win the chop busting, I would just say, "Hey Bartholomew (not his real name), you know what time I'm going to get up on Saturday? I don't know either. I'm just gonna go to bed Friday night and see what happens." He would just sigh and hang his head.
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Change that "month old" to "year old" and you'll have no problem at all.
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glynndah, by the time my step son hit 18 he decided going to bed at 8 am was the way to end the perfect night after getting up at 4 PM or so.
I'm afraid it seems sleep patterns are pre-programmed. I have four boys and two were early rises but two slept in. Here's a couple of suggestions. Have a second kid so in a couple of years they can get up and play together. Or in a few years teach him how to cook breakfast. My 8 year old loves cooking eggs and omelettes. Good luck!
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They don't sleep until 8:00 am until they start school, then you can't get them out of bed.
If you want your kids to sleep long and hard through the night then you need to run them ragged the day before. When our three daughters were that age we had the routine of walking, yes walking the half mile to the town park. Then running them up and down the hills. If we didn't get home all sweaty and dirty, then we didn't try hard enough. Put them in the bath, tuck them in, read a book to them (yes, that's right you read to them). I also had the tradition going of making stories up with them. Start by asking him/her what tonights story is going to be about, then take it from there. Keep their brains engaged until they fall asleep. Most nights, not all, they were out till morning, when we had to get them up.
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18 months.. he's "and a half"
one "and a half" to be exact.
"and a half" is tough for kids because they tend to be struggling with mastery of new challenges. typically, "and a half" is the worst time to introduce new patterns or expect a change in behaviors (other than those dictated by development).
Two is a good time to try something new. Hang in there until two..
and then, have realistic expectations. You can usually only adjust a child's timeline by about 10 minutes at a time.
If you aren't sure what realistic expectations are, you might consider reading a few books by Ames & Ilg. They have a series of development books that, while not the newest books on the shelf, are probably the most concise view of development for parental reading. It will help you to know that your child is normal and to be able to estimate a timeframe in which you can expect this challenge to end.
The books are titled according to the age of the child
"Your One Year Old"
"Your Two Year Old"
etc
They go up to "your 14 year old"
If you are interested in different kind of information that is more related to parenting, I can forward information to you privately from when I used to teach. It's usually best to start with information that isn't biased by someone else's parenting style and go from there.
one "and a half" to be exact.
"and a half" is tough for kids because they tend to be struggling with mastery of new challenges. typically, "and a half" is the worst time to introduce new patterns or expect a change in behaviors (other than those dictated by development).
Two is a good time to try something new. Hang in there until two..
and then, have realistic expectations. You can usually only adjust a child's timeline by about 10 minutes at a time.
If you aren't sure what realistic expectations are, you might consider reading a few books by Ames & Ilg. They have a series of development books that, while not the newest books on the shelf, are probably the most concise view of development for parental reading. It will help you to know that your child is normal and to be able to estimate a timeframe in which you can expect this challenge to end.
The books are titled according to the age of the child
"Your One Year Old"
"Your Two Year Old"
etc
They go up to "your 14 year old"
If you are interested in different kind of information that is more related to parenting, I can forward information to you privately from when I used to teach. It's usually best to start with information that isn't biased by someone else's parenting style and go from there.
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PeteHulbert37
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Some very good posts and thoughtful insights for sure. I appreciate the helpful advice. We do try to play hard most days, and we do read to our kids each night. I don't really expect him to change his sleeping habits over night. That, and his early bed time initiated by his mother isn't a behavior I can alter either.
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Well, the early bedtime gives you and your wife something resembling an evening. I was very glad for the evenings I had when my offspring (two, thirteen months apart) was little.
If the evening is long enough, you can nap a bit after dinner (and having put the young one to bed) and still have some time left to have some quality adult's time.
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