Monday, 2 February 2015

[Everything doTERRA] Re: sleepless 3 year old

That's tough. I'm still trying to find the right combination to help my son sleep, but it isn't nearly as bad as that. My heart goes out to your grandson and daughter. Couple of non-oil questions: is he still napping? Though I haven't dealt with autism, I know cutting out my son's naps at an early age helped him sleep much better at night. yes, its tough for mom to loose the nap during the day but having a few more hours at night makes a big difference. Does he have his own room? If so maybe just allow him to be awake in there, so long as he doesn't roam the house or make noise to keep others up. Before my kids shared a room we just let our son quietly be in his room, even when he was as young as 2. You can't really force anyone to sleep, and as long as he's not bothering anyone just let him feel in control in there. Has she mentioned it to his pediatrician, there might be some good ideas there. I'm assuming he doesn't drink sodas or other caffeinated drinks and no chocolate (which has caffeine too). Other general tips I've read/tried,: no TV too late because it can get him excited and awake, lots of outside play to help him get his body lots of movement, room is dark? good temperature? have you tried leaving relaxing music or white noise in the room? Sometimes we let our son fall asleep in our room and carry him over afterwards, because this way he falls asleep a lot faster. I really hope she can figure this out, because it is tough. 


On Tuesday, January 20, 2015 at 7:30:10 AM UTC-8, Tricia Mccreary wrote:
My grandson is 3 years old and may have light autism. He does not sleep. He might sleep 3 to 4 hours a night but is up roaming the house, just standing leaned up against his bed or his mom's bed or just sitting in the floor. She has tried numerous oils and recipes and none phases him. She is exhausted. She has a 2 year old and a 6 year old also who she home schools  so she is at her wits end. Anyone have any suggestions?

--
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups "Everything doTERRA" group.
To post to this group, send email to everythingdoterra@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
everythingdoterra+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://www.everythingdoterra.com
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Everything essential" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to Everythingessential+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
To post to this group, send email to Everythingessential@googlegroups.com.
Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Everythingessential.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.

No comments:

Post a Comment