Dad Tip of the Day: When it comes to sleep, parents should get it any way they can.

 

Many kids have trouble sleeping.  When your kids have trouble sleeping, the parents also are unable to get good rest.  Parents often go about this problem in different ways, and I certainly do not have all the answers on this one.

Some parent co-sleep, where you bring your kids into the bed with you.  Some parents put their kids in their room to help with kids’ natural separation issues.  Some parents resort to sleeping in their kids bedrooms.  It really depends on the kid and the parent as to which method will work best.

There are numerous books, CDs, videos, etc which have been designed to fix sleeping problems.  However, the reality is that no child is the same and they will all respond differently to different methods – often referred to as “sleep training”.

My young kids still have issues at night, but our desire is for them to sleep in their own beds each night.  Due to this, we do not co-sleep and have them in their own rooms, but if one of them wakes up at night, we go in and try to comfort them.  If that doesn’t work, I will usually sleep on their floor or in a chair in their room until they fall asleep, and then I will go back to bed.  I usually fall asleep first, and end up in that location for up quite a while, but it doesn’t bother me too much physically, and I call my method the sleep-any-way-you-can-get-it method J

If you looking for a tip to fix your child’s sleep issues, you are out of luck, because I don’t have the answers… sorry!  But I do recommend actively helping your child to get good sleep, and hopefully, you will end up getting good sleep too!

Here is a picture of my munchkins playing around in Jacob’s bed:

 ![DC8A1295-1D0B-4E05-B340-FB820C41D95F.jpeg](https://ipfs.busy.org/ipfs/QmVeM43htcjqez9qGoGuu1FygsauWXsQHCmFTegYbZgMkd)

I appreciate you reading… take care!

Brian