tuck-ins

The complaint may be just one of many your child has tried; she may have abandoned requests for extra drinks or tuck-ins and started complaining about “monsters” in her room because that complaint is the one that got the best results.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

The difficulty of falling asleep at 8:00 had led to the repeated calls for tuck-ins, and now the calls had become a habit to be repeated at each waking.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

The difficulty of falling asleep at 8:00 had led to the repeated calls for tuck-ins, and now the calls had become a habit to be repeated at each waking.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

Even simple tuck-ins and good-night kisses can become a poblem if they need to be carried out repeatedly at bedtime and again during the night.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

If a child who is clearly not frightened or anxious requests a series of tuck-ins at night, and then goes to sleep alone and sleeps through the night, or perhaps requires at most one or two more tuck-ins during the night, the behaviors in question are part of the pre-sleep routine but not part of the process of actually falling asleep.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

The complaint may be just one of many your child has tried; she may have abandoned requests for extra drinks or tuck-ins and started complaining about “monsters” in her room because that complaint is the one that got the best results.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

The tuck-ins have become a possibly unwelcome habit, though, and the habit persists and is reinforced because limits are not being set.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

If a child who is clearly not frightened or anxious requests a series of tuck-ins at night, and then goes to sleep alone and sleeps through the night, or perhaps requires at most one or two more tuck-ins during the night, the behaviors in question are part of the pre-sleep routine but not part of the process of actually falling asleep.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

Even simple tuck-ins and good-night kisses can become a poblem if they need to be carried out repeatedly at bedtime and again during the night.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006

The tuck-ins have become a possibly unwelcome habit, though, and the habit persists and is reinforced because limits are not being set.

Solve Your Child’s Sleep Problems M.D. Richard Ferber 2006