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Gentle and natural ways to help your child sleep better
Filed under: Development/Milestones: Babies
What? Your
child still isn't sleeping through the night or going to bed on his own? Do you hear questions like that from
everyone, including your mother in law, the lady behind you at the supermarket and your pediatrician? Frankly, what I have come to accept is that infants and toddlers aren't wired to sleep through the night all of the time. Expectations like this sure have helped my wife and I learn to happily parent Owen twenty-four hours a day, giving him what he needs to be the confident and secure 14-month old that he is now.Hyland's has some gentle tips to help your child through sleep disturbances using essential oils, herb and homeopathy. These are easy, tried and true natural remedies that can't hurt and may even be the final ingredient in the recipe for slumber that includes lots of mommy and daddy cuddles too.
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ReaderComments (Page 1 of 1)
2-20-2006 @ 6:23PM
lin said...This is something really worth trying I have not tried any of the hylands products for sleeping but I swear by there teething tablets so there products work!!!!!!
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2-20-2006 @ 8:33PM
Meredith said...:putting away NyQuil bottle as we speak: What? What??? Nothing. I don't have anything behind my back? why?
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2-20-2006 @ 9:10PM
Anna V. said...Nyquil... good for helping with toddler jet lag. Our 3-year-old has issues getting to sleep some nights (thank goodness the twins sleep soundly through the night). We have a clock-radio in her bedroom that plays nature sounds, and she loves the ocean noises. It gets her relaxed and sleep like nothing else. We had tried everything else, and we love it!
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2-20-2006 @ 9:58PM
Caitlin said...Paul has a little waterfall with lights on it for white noise. We also let him play on our bed about 15-20 minutes before bedtime. It's pretty comfortable, and he'll curl up on one of the pillows when he's ready to go to his bed.
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2-21-2006 @ 1:50AM
Matthew Miller said...Remember, homeopathy isn't actually ancient, natural art -- even though many people trying to sell homeopathic "remedies" like to let that misconception stand. It was invented at the end of the 18th century, an era rife with all sorts of medicinal theories -- and quackery.
Since most homeopathic products are literally sugar pills, it's true that they can't hurt -- except you're usually paying a ridiculous amount for bits of sugar.
That said, the rest of advice they give seems basically sound.
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2-21-2006 @ 2:00PM
Jason said...We've found that the lavendar oil in a Henry Warmheart bear really helps our 2 year old son sleep better.
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