Hiccups in schedule

A friend of mine is suffering from sudden hiccups in his little one. below are the issues, would greatly appreciate any advice.


(1) night wakings for two weeks. He used to be able to sleep through the night but have been waking in the middle of the night, asking to play. He also refuse to go into his bed and would want to sleep with his parents' bed


(2) Sudden hysterical show during bath times. refuse to remove his clothes to go into his bath. When forced, he would wail!

The only event that happen before this hysterical act was during the last bath before the change, he needed to poo during the bath, and his maid took him out of the tub. He would also now be eager to have his diaper on.


appreciat your help.

"(1) night wakings for two weeks. He used to be able to sleep through the night but have been waking in the middle of the night, asking to play. He also refuse to go into his bed and would want to sleep with his parents' bed"


These things happen. Be gentle but firm. He is discovering that he can get his way. Go in, gently say "you have to sleep now", tuck him in (if possible), then leave and don't go back in regardless of crying until 8-10 mins have passed. Repeat as needed every 8-10 mins. He'll get the picture after a night or two.


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A friend of mine is suffering from sudden hiccups in his little one. below are the issues, would greatly appreciate any advice.


(1) night wakings for two weeks. He used to be able to sleep through the night but have been waking in the middle of the night, asking to play. He also refuse to go into his bed and would want to sleep with his parents' bed


(2) Sudden hysterical show during bath times. refuse to remove his clothes to go into his bath. When forced, he would wail! "


As before, gentle but firm. You can also try having someone else give the bath for a week.

Heh. Good point cara. I just assumed 12-24 months out of habit.

ours scream going in the bath, scream in it once trying to wash their hair (otherwise totally happy) scream coming out of it... always have - just something kids do. and they will go through tons more "hiccups" by the way - just when you think you are in the clear - a new hiccup comes along!

You said it Idsllvn. I try to restrain myself from raising my eyebrow and asking in a droopingly ironic voice: "What is it this time?"

thanks. yes, the little one is 1.5years old

i have a 2yr old who loves taking bath and would drag me to the shower. He likes shouting loudly in joy while his bath and would come out willingly though enjoying thoroughly.

i do have similar complain about his sleep routine....he sleeps in his cot in our bedroom (making most of little spaces in hk) but sometimes he would wake up and jump in the bed and would deny going back in the cot....we have his fav teddy in the cot to attract him .... mostly it works but sometimes during night he wont listen at all....!!! its hard to be firm n stick to the rule when u r both in the same room, right....?

Here's another take -- our kid has these hiccups pretty much every time she is about to make a big developmental leap -- the latest one seems to correlate with being able to jump -- and then they smooth back out after she has worked it out. The biggest manifestation is in frequency and intensity of night wakings -- during a hiccup they come as often as 3-4 times a night as compared to her normal situation which is about once a week that she needs some parental intervention to go back to sleep.


Many kids start really craving a schedule at some point between 1-2, and it can get pretty intense. Not a minute by minute schedule, but it needs to be regular enough that they know what is coming next -- it makes them feel in control of their lives in a tiny little way, and that is important because there aren't really very many things that they truly have control over. One of the added elements to our kid's schedule is that she knows who is in charge of her at any given time of the day. For example, after dinner, Mama gives her a bath and reads to her and then when she is getting tired, she calls for Ayi to come put her to bed. There's not a whole lot of leeway concerning what TIME she goes to bed [7:15 +/- 30 mins], but it is her responsibility to get the process started. An added benefit of this scheme for us was that it gave Ayi a vested interest in making sure that she got her after lunch nap in a timely fashion -- resulting in longer naps that finish early enough for her to be getting tired again by 7pm.