Sleeping

United States
July 4, 2012 2:17am CST
I have a 4yr old who is a great sleeper. Lately, he has been been waking up in the middle of the night comes into our bedroom. He insists on sleeping with us but we just take him back to his bedroom and after crying for a while, he'll fall asleep. Some nights, we do this a few times. He says he is tired and wants us to be with him. I ask if he's scared or if he's having bad dreams and he says no... Has anyone else had this experience ? How long did it last? Thanks!
3 responses
@scarl3t (89)
• Greece
4 Jul 12
I have same issue with the difference that my son has bad dreams which is normal as the doctor sais for his age, the fact that you are senting him bad to bed is the right choice and best for the child, he will get over it dont worry, this is one difficulty of this age that all children has to go through this condition I think, because I know this from some of my friends that have children at the same age as mine, I cant say how long will it last cause my child has been going through this condition for some months now but he is recovering slowly with our help, I dont take him to our bed with us though, as far as I remember we did this only once but then we did have a long talk with him and we made him understand that he must sleep to his bed like we all do, so when he sleeps at night I just go near him and calm hjim for a while, then he sleeps fine, thats my experience I hope that helps you enough if this continue for long time though you might need to ask a specialist
• United States
4 Jul 12
Thanks! I'll just give it a bit and see where it goes from there. At first thought it might be night terrors but he doesn't wake up screaming or anything like that. Thanks again!
• Greece
4 Jul 12
Yes it might be bad dreams and maybe its his first time and dont know what is it, or how to explain, thats how mine started, maybe if you talk with him and ask him what exactly he feels when he wakes up take care and good luck :)
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
21 Jul 12
I do believe that having problems when sleeping is something that all children go through and your son is at the same age that my son was at when he started having a harder time sleeping. I don't know that there is anything that is actually documented with the reason that children have a hard time sleeping during this age period, but I think that it might be something that is highly correlated with the fact that they also go through a big growth spurt around this age.
@asdomencil (4265)
• Philippines
4 Jul 12
Try to have sleep with them for a while. Maybe he just missed those times that you are sleeping with him.