HELP! Restless Sleeper

[Connie]

Collin, 4yrs, has always been a restless sleeper but it has gotten out of hand here lately. I will put him down in bed but when I wake up I never know where I will find him.

One time I may find him in bed, the next I find him laying in the living room, the next on my foyer floor.

Any ideas??!??

Connie

[PaigesMom]

Hey Connie, I know how you feel, lol!!!

Paige has always been a restless sleeper. When she was in a crib she would roll and hit the bars so hard it would sound like she broke thru them and fell on the floor!!!

Now since she's 4 and has been in a toddler bed now for awhile, she's still as bad. We had her tonsils and adnoids out and that seemed to stop "thrashing" - wherever she was sleeping - but it didn't stop where we found her.

Sometimes it's hanging half on half off the bed, sometimes it's right in front of her bedroom door, sometimes it's in the corner - and the positions we find her in, WHEW, I'm not sure if an acrobat could get in some of those.

The only thing we have done with Paige is put the childproof doorknobs on the inside of her room so that when she does fall out of bed, move to a different spot, etc., she's contained in her room and she cant open the door. When she wakes up, she calls for me or simply knocks (this is if I dont go to her first when I hear her).

The only thing it's done is given me peace of mind that she wont go downstairs or the bathroom or worse, fall down the stairs or "become awake" enough to start playing with the oven, etc. I think she's just probably going to sleep like that, at least for awhile.

I hope someone has some better advice!!

Debbie

[shellk]

I don't have better advice only wante dto say that Kourtney 5 was the same way and when we had her tonsils and adnoids removed and tubes put in her ears she also stopped the thrashing in her sleep..Just the other night I went in ther to check on her and she shares a room with her older sis and they have bunk beds well, I asked my older daughter where is your sister and she said she was on her bed..I couldn't find her I go out and get hubby and he and I are looking in our room the bathroom and then I go back in her room and there beds the one that comes out at the bottom they look like a T she was tucked into the shelf on the bottom and I was shocked, so we put pillows in there so she can't fall down there again and we have also placed childproof knobs on there door..She sleeps thru the night but is always in a wierd position, she seems to stay in her bed now though..

Good luck
Michele

[Connie]

OK....corrected my spelling errors (I think)...I really can spell I'm just really really not multi-tasking well these days!!!

Collin has had a T&A and had his 4th set of tubes put in which has helped with the thrashing but not with the various places I find him.

Knock on wood...!!! He is a really good boy and doesnt wonder a lot especially at night when its dark but to be safe we debolt all of our locks etc...

I guess it's better to have him wonder in the house at night than during the day and outside!!!! ;D

Connie

[momofrussell]

Hey Connie, where is Collin's bedroom in conjunction with yours? The reason I ask is that Russell has always been a restless sleeper (he has done better this last year some) and wanders if left up to him. SO... when we bought our house last year, we knew we had to do SOMETHING to keep him from getting out (he went outside once before we woke up) or whatever. Russell, Reece's and our bedroom are in the same area, beyond the hallway, so we use a gate. We have it where the hallway begins for us and before the guest bathroom. So, Russell can ONLY play in his room, wake up his sis in her room, or come into our room. There is NO other place he can go until we take the gate down... Even if Collin's bedroom is someplace other than your bedroom, a gate is really a great option if it would work in your house setup. Then Collin can get up and feel FREE without going to far.

Also, if he wakes up in the middle of the night, I wouldn't worry too much about it. If he falls back asleep on the floor... I'd leave him there. Just my opinion. Russell wakes up sometimes in the middle of the night and I can hear him playing in his room. He climbs out of his crib and plays. But when he wants to go back to sleep he comes into our room to us and I lay him down with us and he falls back asleep... then I take him back into his bed. I know you may not get lots of sleep, but if you "Collin proof" his section, like his room and putting up a gate, then he can't hurt himself. And if he doesn't cry and doesn't wake anyone up, I say sleep through it! We have learned to... (yes, I still hear Russell some) but I don't go in there every time he wakes up...

Happy Sleeping!

A.