Whenever my son2yrs. goes to sleep at night after all his activities during the day time he keeps dreaming of such things ,babbles something in his sleep and gets up/starts crying.All of a sudden in the dead of night he asks us to allow him see the cartoon network etc..etc..Its really difficult to make him sleep again.This is becoming a daily activity and I am dead tired of it.Please suggest something. hetal replied. you should make it a practice to never ever switch on television at night, when he asks you to. soon he will stop asking. but if you switch it on every night when he wakes up and asks you to, he will do it all the more. gopika replied. I feel that you must wean your child away from cartoons and cultivate an interest in stories that you can read to him,collective activities,visits etc ashtray replied. try giving him a glass of warm milk at night. it will help him sleep better. Rahul Mantri replied. Try to switch of TV 2-4 hours before your kid goes to sleep. This way he will have a sound sleep and not a disturbed one. Read him Bed Time stories quite often whenever you find some time. Whatever a kid experiences is there for couple of hours in his mind. e.g. my daughter had a disturbed sleep when she first went to bazaar late at night. she kept on tossing and turning in the bed the same way she tossed and turned at bazaar to see all the different new things around. Probably in her sleep she was still in the bazaar. Since then we have tried not to engage in activities strong on her which will have an impression and lead to a disturbed sleep. salma replied. Dear mom,
I AM A PHYCOLOGISTS, THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH YOUR CHILD, I THINK FIRSTLY YOU HAVE TO ASK YOUR CHILD WHATS BOTHERING HIM DOES HE EAT PROPERLY E.T.C SECONDLY HE MIGHT BE WATCHING TOO MUCH T.V. THATS WHY HE TELLS YOU TO SWITCH IT ON. OR MAYBE HE IS TRYING TO GET YOUR ATTENTION IF YOU JUST HAD A NEW BABY OR SO. IF HE DOES CARRY ON THEN I SUGGEST YOU SHOULD SPEND MORE TIME WITH YOUR CHILD AND AVOID T.V FOR A WHILE DO DIFFERENT ACTIVITIES WITH HIM TAKE HIM TO FRIENDS HOUSE THEN HOPEFULLY HE WILL FORGET ABOUT CARTOON NETWORK. Mr. Practical replied. Solution to your problem is simple...Get rid of cable from your house! A happy mom replied. Thank you all for your suggestions.It has helped me a lot to make things better.As suggested by one of you I got a good result by making him drink a warm cup of milk before bedtime.He is improving now and I am cery much relieved