[blparent] "scream it out" method

[Barbara Hammel]

I can sit in his room with him and just knowing I'm there is fine, but if he 
knows I leave he very desperately says, "sit by you?"
Daddy sat with him for over half an hour last night and he didn't go to 
sleep.  When Daddy left to go take out garbage and stuff there was shouts of 
protest.  When Daddy came back upstairs, he started in earnest to wind 
himself up.  He screamed for over an hour and when that didn't work he just 
started talking to himself.  Daddy said he was awake until 2:00 and he awoke 
around 8:00.
I did do the go in, lay him down, tell him it's time to sleep and that I 
love him and I'd see him in the morning.  We also tell him that it's time to 
sleep and that we're not going to pay attention to him because we all want 
to sleep.  Thanks for letting me know that I'm doing it right.
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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From: "Rhonda Kubehl" <rhondakubehl at gmail.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 22, 2010 11:50 PM
To: "'NFBnet Blind Parents Mailing List'" <blparent at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [blparent] "scream it out" method

> Barbara,
>
> I asked my pedeatritian the same question, and this is what she said to 
> try,
> and it worked
>
> 1 1st time, go into his room, say Mommy, or daddy loves you, depends on 
> who
> goes in the room, as long as it's 1 at a time, kiss them, retuck in, turn
> out the light, and walk out.
>
> If Crying continues
> 2 The opposet parent goes in 5 mins later, and repeats the same thing, and
> walks out.
> If crying contines
> 3 go in the bedroom, sit in a chair, to where he/she sinces your presents,
> say nothing, just sit, and eventually the child will fall asleep.
>
> This method has worked for me with my 2 year old son, and 4 year old step
> daughter.
> It was allot of work, but Olivia is Autistic, and it took 5 days with
> consistency, and Corban took 3.
>
> Good luck
>
>
>
> Rhonda
>
>
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