How to Get Your Toddler Back to Sleep

Really? Mine too!! We currently have some sort of fever, caused by sickness or teething, we aren't sure which. It's just a low grade however (low-grade for you laymen means under 102 degrees and treatable at home), so we enjoyed quite a few late night wake ups that required intensive rocking, singing, and canoodeling before we deigned to go back to sleep.

While in the midst of my fourth trip from my bed to Alex's last night, I realized you all might enjoy a few extra tips to help get your sick little one feeling better. If we can't heal them physically, than at least we can help from a comfort level standpoint:

1) Clean bottom. My rule of thumb is, if we're awake already, we might as well be clean and comfortable. I know personally that when I wake up sick and have a wet rear end I am EXTREMELY agitated.

2) White noise. Most children are actually soothed by some sort of white noise. And in this particular case, white noise is not considered the noise your husband makes while droning on about football (though I can understand how you could make such a mistake). In our case, we have a air purifier that drones on just a bit. Essentially anything constantly humming or running that doesn't bother you will most likely soothe your little one. (P.S. Bathroom fan, if you have a bathroom near your little one's room, works great)