Many parents have difficulties getting their children to sleep but adopted children come with their own host of problems. Parents are often bleary-eyed, caffeine jittered, desperate balls of nerves. Or, at least I was. And ALL I wanted was some respite and a good night’s sleep.
I asked everyone I knew to let me into their parenting club…to reveal their sleep secrets and their tricks to the sleep trade and some did…others just told me to “wait it out” or Ferberize him because he’ll eventually come around and get used to it. Well, adoptive parents, it just does not work that …read more