www.babycenter.com.au/sleep
go check it outit has sl;eep help for all ages hope this is a helpful site

EVEN THOUGH I HAVE 10 CHILDREN I AM STILL A BIT UNSURE WHAT I CAN ADD TO GROUP! LOL LOL I WILL AD SOON SOME TIPS I USED FOR MY CHILDREN MAYBE THEY WILL HELP SOMEONE OUT THERE THAT NEEDS IT!! hUGS AND PEACEFUL NIGHT SLEEPS TO ALL MINTI MUMS!! HUGS TO YA ALL

HI MEMBERS. I AM STILL HERE AND LOOKING UP SITES TO GO TO LOOK FOR SLEEP PRODUCTS. IF YOU LIVE IN AUSTRALIA AND ARE LOOKING FOR COTS ETC... AND YOU WANT TO BUY SECOND HAND PLEASE MAKE SURRE THAT THE PRODUCT MEETS AUSTRALIAN STANDARD. IF YOU LIVE OUTSIDE OF OZ PLEASE LEAVE COMMENTS HERE ABOUT THE STANDARDS FOR COTS PRAMS ETC... IN YOUR COUNTRY. ALL IS WELCOME AS MINTI IS ALWAYS GETTING NEW MEMBERS WHOM MAY BE FIRST TIME MUMS NEEDING HELP WITH THIS. I WILL CHECK BACK SOON TO SEE IF ANY MEMBERS HAVE ADDED ANYTHING. PLEASE REMEMBER THAT IF YOU JOIN A GROUP THEN  YOU SHOULD AT LEAST HAVE INPUT EVEN IF TO SAY HI TO MEMBERS. YOU NEVER KNOW WHO MAY NEED YOUR HELP WOTH SLEEP PROBLEMS OR THE LIKE!! THANK GUYS

HI EVERYONE I CAN SEE THAT NO ONE HAS ENTERED ANY BLOGS LATELY. I WILL CJ\HECK BACK SOON AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. I AM CURRENTLY LOOKING INTO INFORMATION THAT CAN BE PLACED HERE ON SLEEP AND SLEEPING IDEAS ALSO THE BEST COTS ANY IDEAS INFORMATION BEST PRICES/PLACES TO BUY GREATLY APPRECIATED

I just wanted to let everyone know that if you join this group you should at the least try  and place some advice that can help others. It will nbot matter how trivial it is there may be someone out there t5hat it can help who may be desperate for some help or advice. If this does not occur within a certain time frame yet to be determined then you will be asked to leave the group. input to the group is the reason we join in the first polace i think! It will not matter what you say you can give advice on  types of cots bought best place to buy sleeping items be it cot bed night light or anything else you may think of. There are alot of sleep deprived parents out there that would be grateful for any input at all to help..
Thank for understanding these terms. Even if you just pop in to say hi that will be fine but please do not join just because you can join because you really want to have input into the group!
hope i am not sounding too harsh but i have noticed with a couple of groups there are members whom have joined but had no input even to advice given to others that is all it takes.
look forward to helping any way i can Michelle

Hi Every one,

 First of all thanks to everyone for helping with your blogs on things to do with sleep. I really apreciate everything you have done. I dont have as much time for this group as i first believed so i have made Mum of 10, the new admin. She has had far more experience than i have and more to say on the subject. So like you have with me. Be a Sport and help her out 

Dont forget to check in regularily, and comment & vote & Most of all Help people that Really are sleep deprived.

I am still a member & i will be here from time to time to help Mum of 10 along, so enjoy

Tracey.

 

Hi all well thought i would add here as seems a while since someone has!! lol lol we must all be getting plenty of sleep now????!! lol advice already added must really work. well i had all my children into a routine at a young age now all the younger ones go off to bed at  7pm-7.30 pm each and every night. my 15mnth old has now  realise once the bottle is in the microwave it is bedtime so she happily goes and stands next to her cot. it is sooo cute when she first did this about a week ago i was looking everywhere for her i thought she was hiding because she knew it was bed tim. but no she knew alright  i picked her up placed her in cot with milk bottl and she drifted off sooo peacefully to sleep until 7am the next morning. Now i have trouble with my 4 young sons whom have decided it is fun to wake up not just yourself and lie quietly but it is even better to wake up your brothers at 5.30 this is a no go time zone in my house. I get up and politely tell them that the birds are still sleeping and so should they be. They should only get up when i am up and tell them that it is now time for them to get up have brekky and get ready for kinder if this does not work i nicely place them outside even if cold they soon get the picture! Don't wake mummy up too early she gets cranky. lol lol trhey are generally good sleepers unless they are sick then i guess we can forgive them if they wake us up at least 20 times a night for one reason or another. If having trouble with your child sleeping there are  sleep clinics available and i have heard they are pretty good and actually work. I am not sure of their names but will find out and place links here shortly for anyone whom may need it!! thanks

I have lost YET another computer to a STUPID Virus. Who ever invented those things is seriously going straight to hell!!!!!! AQnyway keep your sleep advice coming guy's the more the merrier. I'll be back as soon as i have YET another computer. Till then Chow Bella!!!!!!

jui always say to my friends and family a child/baby knows and lets you know when and if they really are tired and want to sleep if a child/baby does not want to go  to bed(own) be it cot or bed if a older child who sleeps in a bed i generally make a game of it an/or give them something special of mine be it my pillow or a toy of a sibling or their own that they themselves choose. if it is only a younger child/baby i feel theat sometimes they may need that closeness to our hearts that they had while in utero. look at it the way i do while we were pregnant they could hear our hearts beating and to them it is soothing even outside the womb. With my 13mnth old i sometimes enjoy just holding her close and allowing her to fall asleep listening to my heartbeat i myself enjoy this closeness as usually nightime is the busiest in my houyse. lol lol  I always have a radio playing softly all night in the room even this alone can make them feel secure and while listening to this they generally fall off to sleep. I do not believe in tip toeing around babies/children while sleeping as once there is noise they will noyt sleep they will be awake and well there goes that peace you thought you had... My 3yr old to be honest has only in the last few mnths gone off bottle/dummy and within 2weeks has no need for a nappy at night  so now he is my big boy he tells me i had trouble with him at night with the monsters are under my bed mummy, so i took something of mine which he chose and placed it next to his bed in a spot that he had chosen and told him that nothing is going in his room not even his brothers and sisters as my item would protect him from everything he loves this cos he thinks it is a great game to play only at bedtime and only when he himself feels he needs that done.. lots of friends of mine have had to do the same and trust me it works Caydn now sleeps in his bed all night yay yay for the tiny helpers. I hope this helps someonme out there to get a peaceful and restfull sleep.  with babies i generally give them an item (top or piece of my clothing to hold onto until they are asleep then remove it once they are asleep trust me it worked for me so come on give it a go you have nothing to lose but lots of sleep to gain  night  all

as a mum of 10 i can understand  when your child will not sleep at night. My son whom is now 14.5yrs did not sleep through the night until he was 16mnths old i was like a walking zombie so they all called me at that time. But i guess it is a boy thing due to the fact that i have 5 girls whom i say are angels compared to my b5 boys . The girls were the easiest to get into a routine of going into their cot at night  at the same time and slept through more or less from birth. My youngest daughter who is only 13mnths has all of a sudden learnt that ishe can pull herself up on the side of tyhe coyt to see more. lol lol The boys werte always crying and just would not sleep apart from i think by memory approx 3 of them started sleeping through at 2weeks old.. my young now still get into my bed some nights late but thats ok with me cos they do not wake me. i actually enjoy wakimg up to them giving me big hugs at 6.30am.. what a great  time for those precious things that our children do. having your kids in bed with you is not so bad sometimes you may find it is more for security than anything maybe even the thought if they are young of a bed or even cot seeming like a large tunnel that they need to find their way out of.   every moment of our childrens lives we treasure and remember always  a childs smile even if they have been naughty can make our world/life a lot better when we are down..

Has anyone here ever had problems keeping baby in there cot? constant waking threw the night and co sleeping with parents? if so please tell how? why? and how you stopped it? Thanks

Thanks for the invite!! Oooh blissful sleep for you and bub. So important for you to cope and your baby's brain development.

I've had heaps of problems with getting Nicky to sleep, I'm not quite sure why. He was always described as 'bright eyed and bushy tailed'. I had a few problems in the beginning but was able to get back on track with a few steps. After being an every-hour-waker, he finally slept through at 6 months when I taught him how to sleep. A lot of parents don't realise that sleep is actually a skill that's learned by babies. Some babies need a bit of extra help. I look forward to sharing some of my tips.

I'll catch ya's later 's Hayley

Lavender does wonders to relax people of all ages to help them sleep. Also Marjoram, Neroli, Ylang Ylang,Rose and Jasmine work well too.

We put our baby's into bed at night, get ready and go to sleep ourselves. Expecting that when we wake everything will be ok, but this isn't always the case. With my first baby i was barely asleep the minute she made a sound i was awake. I was exhausted, so as a mother of five now i understand I am diffinatly not the only one who feels like this, my heart goes out ti all the parents who have lost children to sids and other causes, all children who have died for any reason. I urge all parents to be aware of the dangers associated with cots they are unsafe especially when new bub has just worked out he can roll but isn't yet strong enough to hold his head up like my own son. I have had many a heart attack in the last week finding him in some very unusual positions in his cot.
Always make sure your cot has an Australian safety standed sticker on it when you purchase, some cots bars are to close together and baby can easily get limbs stuck.
Always make sure you sleep baby at the end of the cot from birth, tightly tucking in all blankets and sheets. Baby can easily become tangled in these. Make sure sheets and blankets aren't to small for the cot, ill fitting sheets especially fitted ones can spring of and cover baby. Co sleeping can also be extremely dangerous when baby is young as you are so tired and baby is so light you ca easily roll on baby not knowing he/she is there subsequently.......
Also if you are going to have a little nap on the couch with baby. Never put baby on the inside with his/her back facing the back of couch for the same reasons you can easily roll onto baby, Always position baby towards the bit of the couch where your Knee would sit that way if you both rol, baby rolls onto floor and is safe.
cushions are also unsafe when baby sleeps as he/she can easily slip between them and ........

Here is anther link to sleeping baby safely

www.nchealthystart.org/public/babysleep/index.htm

Just like a High Chair holds a Babie in its seat. There is now a device that stops babies from rolling on it's tummy and smothering itself. A compact night light that is also a thermometer with permanent lcd read out called the Grobag Egg it retails for around $55 , musical night lights and much much more... I cant find any information on these i must have gotten rid of the things i found and particularly love to know what the stop baby rolling in the cot device is called. Shannan has learnt to roll from both directions onto his stomach, at first i thought it was great, his going to be up and moving in no time. Unfortunately he tires very easily and wont turn his head to the side. I found him a few times grunting asleep facing the mattress. now I'm scared of sids as he wont stop and need to tie him down so if anyone has head or has these items let us know what they are. thanks...
Here is a link about sids i always practice the technique's but there failing me now.
If you don't know what the technique's are or cant remember visit this site

Sids foundation
www.sidsandkids.org

Chidsmart Great sleeping bags and other products for sleep
www.childsmart.com.au/introduction-content.html

Joey swag a ready made swaddling device instead of learning how to wrap baby how about slipping him into this ready made swaddle?
www.bubbaroo.com.au/

Hi Thanks for the invite.   When my first was born she wouldn't sleep at all, I spent nights not being able to get a good nights rest it took a while but I finally got the idea!!!  My next two would go down without any problems and sleep really well.  Until now My middle one has decided that sleep is for the dogs and not her so as I figure out handy ways to make her sleep I'll fill you all in.

Cheers Tammy 

Hey everyone. Thanks for inviting me. The timing is great as right now I am working on an interview with the author Ann Douglas of a book called "Sleep Solutions for your Baby, Toddler and Preschooler". As soon as the interview is up I will be sure to come over and link to it here. The book is AWESOME. I reviewed it here-

http://maypapers.blogspot.com/2006/10/mothertalk-blog-book-tour.html

What books have you all read that have helped??

 

When my daughter Hayley was 1, she constantly would wake up threw out the night. I'd try anything to get her back tp sleep but it never worked. She would end up co sharing with me. How do i curb this?

i got it just as i was putting Koen down for a nap, he hates naps and you can tell he can barely keep his eyes open! in cases like this, i have to let him cry to sleep. after 2-3 minutes he gets the point, grabs his bottle and falls asleep in the cot.

xx channy