<![CDATA[Baby not sleeping in cot]]>Dear parents,


Do you have any encounter with your own children or children you know who simply refuse to sleep in their cot when you put them down? My daughter hates her cot now. She was ok before turning 1 and right after her birthday, she just cry when I put her into her cot. We tried every method to make her sleep ie conjole her, let her play with her toys, hold her hand etc but it just doesn't work. We are very stressed and tired...Is there something wrong with the child? Do we need to see a psychologist?

:?:
Alvin

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Trina:
My DD1 slept in cot in own room until she was 14 months. Then she refused to sleep there and caused so much chaos that we moved the cot to our room and she was fine after that. We got her a toddler beds to replace the cot when she was two and she remained there until 8!! Several times we got her to move to own room but her daddy missed her and persuaded her to move back with us!!!


DD2 is now in cot in our room since we know that she will join us sooner or later.
Interesting news or thing to read about this one. I sure hope that by now, things are really good and it would help out a lot. Thanks!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676886https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/676886Fri, 30 Dec 2011 11:43:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:58:13 GMT]]>My children slept in the ‘yaolan’ for a few months so that the back of their heads would be round. Then after that they slept in the cot. But bcos I breastfed them, I got tired of carrying them in and out of the cot so there were many occasions when they slept beside me instead. Now both of them are sleeping on their own beds.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/587703https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/587703Sat, 17 Sep 2011 12:58:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:59:15 GMT]]>My DD1 slept in cot in own room until she was 14 months. Then she refused to sleep there and caused so much chaos that we moved the cot to our room and she was fine after that. We got her a toddler bed to replace the cot when she was two and she remained there until 8!! Several times we got her to move to own room but her daddy missed her and persuaded her to move back with us!!!


DD2 is now in cot in our room since we know that she will join us sooner or later.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/587616https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/587616Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:59:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:54:24 GMT]]>My DS1 slept in the cot only for a short while when he was a baby usually during the day and when we need to put him down somewhere safe when he was a toddler. Most times he slept on a portable "Combi" bed cum feeding chair with a rocker. After that he slept on our king-size bed and has been there since!


Now my DS2 baby is also sleeping in the "Combi" rocking bed. The cot is now used as a changing "table" to change his nappy and to wipe him down.

A bit regretful but the cot is really under-utilized and nowadays, the "yao-lan" is passe and took up quite a lot of space. Also we are really discouraged from "shaking" the baby when their brains are still so vulnerable. Especially not when you have maids taking care and the scary thing my friend told me is that the maid can just shake and shake after half-an-hour still dunno how to stop!

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/587590https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/587590Sat, 17 Sep 2011 07:54:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:49:11 GMT]]>i am glad I took time to read this forum. Haha! I really learn a lot. Now I will know what to expect when I have kids in future. And I realised its true. Now no one uses the yao lan. I think I will have one for my kids. Just to relfect back. Hahaha! 🙂

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/577453https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/577453Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:49:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:05:22 GMT]]>

northernstar:
nowadays, parents here dun use yao lan for their bb?


i tried \"yaolan\" for 2nd one but he doesn't like the \"xuan kong\" feeling... haha.. will wake up once when we put him inside

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/575834https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/575834Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:05:22 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:02:38 GMT]]>if she doesn’t like the cot, then let her sleep elsewhere. no point struggling with her everyday and make yourself stress up and tired. Parents need lots of rest too … otherwise how to have enough energy and strength to take care of kids.


my elder boy was like that too… he hates the cot and will cry non-stop if we put him inside so i ended up getting a bigger mattress when he was 4mths and put it beside my bed. He was happier (cos i think more spacious and he can roll anywhere he wants and he doesn’t feel confined… my own thinking) and slept well . Since then he has being sleeping on his own.

my younger one co-slps with me now cos i bf-ing him (easier at night) and he doesnt like cot cos no space to let him flip here flip there. Gonna put the cot back to storeroom and get mattress for him too

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/575823https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/575823Mon, 05 Sep 2011 07:02:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:39:45 GMT]]>nowadays, parents here dun use yao lan for their bb?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/523362https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/523362Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:39:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:32:26 GMT]]>Only my 1st bb slept in a cot… but only for awhile… as he is too long…

even till not

Later, when our 2nd bb was born… she slept on the ned with me… as we don’t have the space to put the cot…

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/521365https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/521365Mon, 01 Aug 2011 14:32:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:40:55 GMT]]>I suspect babies are smarter than we assume - they can easily tell the difference between the comfort level of the 2 types of mattresses. My 4 year old son would sleep nowhere else but on our bed. My 5 month old has also been displaying the same preference for a while now - fussing less when napping on our bed but would at times complain when left on his cot.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/517604https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/517604Fri, 29 Jul 2011 22:40:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:38:27 GMT]]>

SAHM_TAN:
KiasuAdult:

my mum also told me that i never liked sleeping in a cot i would cry for the whole day really non-stop crying until they moved me to their queen sized bed 😄 and i have been sleeping there till now.


They gave their bed to you and sleep on another bed?

yes i slept with my mum until i was quite big then my mum said i kept kicking her(inherited from my dad, i guess 😄 ) then my dad moved to the living room then my mum slept on another matress but now dun have alr it's back to the old arrangement me sleeping with mum and dad sleeping on another matress i know i very不孝 and i feel bad abt it but that's the best i can do
dun scold me ya dearest mummies and daddies 😓 :oops: :imsorry:

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/446856https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/446856Wed, 15 Jun 2011 03:38:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:46:40 GMT]]>When DD is small, she refuse to be put in the cot. She would cry until someone pick her up. I think she dont like to sleep alone. So she start to sleep with us until 5yrs old and she is on her own now.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/443859https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/443859Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:46:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:07:29 GMT]]>

KiasuAdult:
my mum also told me that i never liked sleeping in a cot i would cry for the whole day really non-stop crying until they moved me to their queen sized bed 😄 and i have been sleeping there till now.

They gave their bed to you and sleep on another bed?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/443851https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/443851Sun, 12 Jun 2011 11:07:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:44:06 GMT]]>my mum also told me that i never liked sleeping in a cot i would cry for the whole day really non-stop crying until they moved me to their queen sized bed 😄 and i have been sleeping there till now.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/443807https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/443807Sun, 12 Jun 2011 08:44:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:53:19 GMT]]>maybe can try using ur own bedsheet to wrap ard the baby mattress; let the child smell & knowing u are near :scratchhead:


or let them sleep on ur bed first & slowly transfer them over to their cot.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/439691https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/439691Tue, 07 Jun 2011 09:53:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:03:24 GMT]]>None of my 3 kids like to sleep in the cot since babies. Don’t know the reason. They prefer to sleep with me. Now the 2 older ones sleep on their beds and bb is with me. Since I breastfeed, it’s also easier for me during night feeds.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/438581https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/438581Mon, 06 Jun 2011 12:03:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:49:44 GMT]]>Hi guys,


Whats happening now to my daughter of 2.5 months old is similar to the same symptoms. She is used to sleeping in between us firstly what we could feel that its the warmth and sense of someone being around. She was puking more on her own bed, but when with us she never puked.
To be frank, we could tell that the cot is rather "lonely" though it was in the same room.

I did quite a bit of reading off the internet about getting routines and when the baby cries in the cot pick her up and then keep trying to pacify and putting her down again. like keep repeating till she is okay.
Some other articles was that to let her cry herself to sleep.
i asked some other child theraphist, he was saying that a child too young should not be exposed to letting cry themselves to sleep.

my 2 cents worth, try anything possible but not damaging to the child. training is good to start early but not to the extent of phobia.

Regards
Nick

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/438415https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/438415Mon, 06 Jun 2011 08:49:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:34:38 GMT]]>I guess it’s time to start training your child a good sleeping routine. If not she will get used to falling asleep in your bed instead.


Try getting her to do some light reading in her own bed after getting one?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/438001https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/438001Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:34:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:32:47 GMT]]>

sunflowerseed84:
time to move on to a proper child bed?

I am not too sure about that. Is it too young to do so? Her cot can be converted into a bed if we need to.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/437999https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/437999Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:32:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:31:42 GMT]]>Thanks for the advice. My girl also like to sleep on our bed instead of her cot. I might think that space constraint seems like an issue but she sleeps through the night in the cot when we carry her in after she falls asleep on our bed. I read around and it’s likely that we need to set a routine for her so that she will know when to play and when to sleep. I will try with the routine first and see how it goes. Her cot can actually be transformed into a toddler bed. Hopefully that may be another choice for us.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/437996https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/437996Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:31:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:28:21 GMT]]>time to move on to a proper child bed?

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/437989https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/437989Mon, 06 Jun 2011 03:28:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Baby not sleeping in cot on Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:57:30 GMT]]>I had the exact same problem as you did when my DD was younger. In the end, we ditch the cot, and bought her a regular day bed for adult. We bought a child bed rail, and placed a mattress on the floor (in case she wakes up at night and fell off, mattress will provide some cushion). From that day onwards, my DD never looked back. She was 1+ then, and she sleeps in her own room, alone.

]]>https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/437951https://forum.kiasuparents.com/post/437951Mon, 06 Jun 2011 02:57:30 GMT