Sleeping in Sarong.

[cnimed]

I think it’s best to let the child use the bed at least occasionally. If nothing else, when you’re travelling it will be much easier.



DS1 slept in sarong only for naps. During night time he slept with me. If we were travelling he would just sleep on the bed, no problem. When he was about 8 months old, he started rejecting the sarong and transited to the bed full-time. I think he wanted to stretch out. He was very fat. I had no problem with safety though since he would always just call out and then lie quietly, waiting for someone to get him. After that I would put him on the bed so that he can stretch himself.

DS2 never slept well in the sarong becuase he always needed to turn halfway through his sleep and he couldn’t do that in a sarong. He started turning when he was 2 months old so it was both irritating to him and not very safe to be in a sarong. he would thrash and cry. We now sleep on a mattress on the floor so he can enjoy some independence with regards to sleeping. He will climb onto the mattress and lie down when he wants to sleep, and after he wakes up, he will just get up and walk out of the room.

Never used the pacifier so can’t help you there!

[winth]

Hi Serena,


Both my boys slept in bed/mattress since day 1. Read something about sleeping in sarong will cause spinal damage and risks to brain damage due to excessive rocking. But didn't know if that's true. Plus the fact that it will be difficult to change them to bed later on, so did not even start on sarong.

As for weaning of pacifier:
For DS1 was alot easier, I just told him when he was about 20 months old that 'old babies do not need pacifiers as they cause tooth decay'. That night, I said 'bye bye' to his pacifier, he merely slept that very night without requesting it back. Children do understand what you say, just that they like to challenge your limit.

For DS2 was more challenging than I thought, opposite character from his elder brother. Used the same trick like DS1 when he turned 17 months, but it didn't work, cried like :twisted:.
So, I used the 'crying out' method - Ferber Method. I basically took out his pacifier, told him no more and that's it. I left his room. The crying will be tough, lasted a week (for my DS2's case), and then it's goodbye to pacifier for him. Now he sleeps without any pacifier. Just milk, then he would turn and go to sleep by himself. No need to pat.
Once, I tried to give him pacifier (to test him), he spit it out immediately and looked at it like it's something weird. :lol:

[serena]

Thanks for sharing all the experiences & advices

[jjlynn424]

Hi all,

I have a 15 mths girl who sleeps in sarong day and night and i want to wean her off it so I can bring her out on weekends or eventually for overseas travel.

She started sleeping in sarong when she was 1 month old and we will move her to bed/cot at night once she is sound asleep.

But problem started when she was about 8 months old, after we move her to her cot at night, within 30 mins or so she will wake up crying. So after nights of rocking her back to sleep in sarong after she woke up, I decided to leave her in sarong thru out the night so we as parents could catch up on our sleep.

Really appreciate if you all can share with me, your successful tips or ways to wean your kids off sarong so I can try it out with my girl.

P/S: Cry it out method doesn't work for her as she will vomit within 5 mins of leaving her alone in cot. Have tried this method already.

Thanks for all your help! :?:

[tankee]

oh dear …


when you tried the cry it out method, after you place her down in her cot, do you stay with her for a while? like read a book, hmm a tune, pat pat her, etc?

[jjlynn424]

tankee,

yes i stay with her a while to tell her that she needs to sleep in cot, then tell her we will be outside lo…
but the moment she see me turn my back and walk she already start lo…

recently i try to pat her on my bed, she keep sitting up and crawl up and down the bed… really don’t know what to do liao…

[tankee]

i think try taking it step by step.


first her cot instead of the sarong
Stay with her till she falls asleep. Have a standard bedtime routine, eg drink milk, brush time, change pajamas, read story, hug-hug, lights-off. Pretend to sleep on the chair or on the floor by her bed, don't look at her or talk to her. If she gets up or start talking, just put her back to bed, say something like \"no no, time to sleep\" and pretend to sleep again.

sleep on her own
if step 1 is successful, then step 2, getting her to fall asleep on her own. Practice the same bedtime routine, but instead of sleeping beside her, off the lights, saying goodnight, and leave the room. If she gets up, just put her back to bed, say something like \"no no, time to sleep\" and say goodnight and leave the room

Never ever put her to sleep on your bed. You will just create another problem to solve in the future.

And never ever give it to her when she cries. As long as she is safe, let her cry. I know it hurts to see our beloved child crying, but if you do not wish to keep seeing her crying, then don't give in. Once a child knows that she can gets her way by crying, she will cry and cry over every little thing. And louder and louder until she wins.

Good Luck !!

[jjlynn424]

Yup we have bedtime routine for her. Play time, change to pj, milk, pray n I rock her to sleep. So am thinkin of putting her back to cot once she asleep but not tried since few months back. Prob here is once she starts crying she will vomit, regardless what time she last ate/drink so I kind of not able to let her cry till tired n fall asleep.


When I used cry it out method, she vomited within 5 mins n after cleaning everything up, she did it again when I placed her in the cot.

But will try Ur suggestions to stay next to her n see how it goes. Thanks

[tankee]

you might want to lengthen the time between milk & bed to about 30min, to reduce possible vomiting.

[cnimed]

Does she vomit easily? If so she may be feeling more comfortable sleeping slightly inclined as in a sarong which is curved and tilt the baby’s upper body slightly and help prevent regurgitation or reflux which is very uncomfortable. Tankee’s suggestion to lengthen the period between milk time and bed time is good for both situations.