[blparent] "scream it out" method

[Tammy, Paul and Colyn]

Hi,

This is what we did with both of ours as well.

Tammy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Baldwin" <mbaldwin at gpcom.net>
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 9:42 AM
Subject: Re: [blparent] "scream it out" method


> Hi,
> This is how we did it, not sure if it will work for you or not.
> We had a bedtime routine, and after the routine we would put them in bed,
> and pat them for a minute or 2 and leave.
> If they started crying, we waited 5 minutes before going in.  We did not
> take them out of their bed/crib, but we would stand their and talk softly 
> to
> them and pat them for a few minutes.
> The second time they started crying, we waited 7 minutes before going in,
> Then 10 minutes, etc...
> Usually after the 3rd time they would stay quiet, or they would stop 
> crying
> before the time was reached.
>
> Michael
> -----Original Message-----
> From: blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:blparent-bounces at nfbnet.org] On
> Behalf Of Barbara Hammel
> Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 11:41 PM
> To: blparent at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [blparent] "scream it out" method
>
> Okay, I don't want to hear from you if you disapprove of this method. 
> What
> I do want to hear is how is it supposed to work.
> One of my twins had swimmer's ear so we sat with him a few nights--and 
> went
> to him during the nights--because we knew he was hurting and wanted to
> comfort him.  Now he expects us to sit with him every night and wakes two 
> to
> three times during the night and expects us to sit with him, sometimes for 
> 3
> hours and sometimes only fifty minutes, till he goes back to sleep.
> Consequetly, no one is getting sleep.
> For those of you who are new, I have autistic, blind eight-year-old twins
> adopted from China five years ago.  This is the more advanced one who
> functions around a three- to four-year-old level.
> Barbara
>
> ...
> Yesterday is
> A path well-trod,
> A familiar lane
> Through sacred sod,
> A road we travel
> Too often, I fear,
> For there are the good times
> When things are hard here,
> ...
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