Sleep Issues with Adopted Kids

Getting your child to sleep and keeping them there is a huge issues for all parents, but is especially tricky for adoptive parents. How can they build attachment while also getting a good night sleep? Host Dawn Davenport, Executive Director of Creating a Family, the national infertility & adoption education and support nonprofit, interviews Beth Friedberg, a LCSW and Associate Director of the Modern Family Center at Spence-Chapin Services to Families & Children, and a panel of 3 moms who have helped their adopted children through sleep struggles.

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How does adoption impact sleep? Does it depend on the type of adoption, or age of child at adoption?
How do you know when it is ok to let your adopted child learn to self-soothe through longer crying/fussing before you go into them or comfort them?
How to strike the balance between creating attachment and getting a good night’s sleep.
Tips for sleep issues when first home with a newly adopted child.
How to establish healthy sleep patterns that fit with your family goals after you have established attachment.
Co-sleeping: advantages and disadvantages.
At what age should you no longer stay with your child while he falls asleep?
How to cope with tantrums at bedtime?
What might trigger tantrums at bedtime?
How long should children be allowed to sleep with the light on?
How to help a child that doesn’t want to go to sleep until everyone in the family is in bed.
A child adopted from Korea may be used to sleeping with foster parents. What is the best way to transition the child to sleeping on her own?