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Dec 20, 2009, 12:59 AM
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Member Since: Jul 2009
Location: Las Vegas, NV
Posts: 75
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My daughter especially had trouble falling asleep. My ex and I used to "tickle" her back and sing to her...and then when we'd get up to leave and she'd be wide awake.
A few things I did seemed to help. One, I got some of those stick-on stars for her ceiling and she said she loved looking at them because they calmed her enough to fall sleep. The best thing I did, however, was that my ex and I got some children's books and taped them in our spare time.
One or both of us would "tickle" her back and then turn on the tape and tiptoe out. It was our voices so it was soothing to her and she wouldn't mind us leaving or wake up when we left. We'd sneak into the room later and turn the tape off. As she got older we were able to buy audio book tapes and she really loved those!
My son never had trouble falling asleep. We were all SO jealous of him...he literally fell asleep on his way down to the pillow.
Having said all that...there were still those times when one or both of the kids would end up in bed with us. I know that's a "no-no" to pediatricians but my way of thinking was that if they needed comforting that much, then so be it.
It did get to be rather difficult when they were 9 and 10 and all four of us were squeezed in the bed  but in talking about their childhoods these days both kids remember those nights as special ones.
Good luck ~
Melanie
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I find it kind of funny,
I find it kind of sad.
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