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Child Behavior  (Expert Forum)
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My 3 yr. old will not sleep
Answered by
Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D. - Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Family Therapy, Crisis Intervention
Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates
This forum is for questions and support regarding child behavior issues such: Child Discipline (behavior management), Normal Child Development, Parent-Child Communications, Social Development

My 3 yr. old will not sleep

by fooler, Oct 11, 2009 04:27PM
My 3 yr. old daughter will not sleep through the night. I tried everything - I tried not giving her a nap, i tried not giving her sweets all day, and i tried having her run and play all day outside. It seems like she would b the last person up if myh husband and i would let her. No matter what, she is the 1st person  up in the morning around 6:30-7am. then she doesn't nap all day. We try to put her 2 bed around 8:30 - 9:oo at night every night. I've even tried keeping her up late to c if that works. She;ll go 2 bed most of the time by herself but she will sleep 4 aprox. 3 hours then it starts.  She gets up every 2-3 hours a night 4 juice. me and my husband r not getting any sleep. Whatg can we do? I have a 1 yr. old i have 2 worry about my daughter waking him up if she doesn't get her juice. I've tried everything. What can i do?????

by Kevin Kennedy, Ph.D., Oct 12, 2009 11:30AM
While legitimate, neurologically-based sleep disorders (vs behaviorally -caused sleep problems) are pretty unusual in children, they do occur. Ask her pediatrician to refer her to a pediatric sleep disorder clinic.
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