or perhaps you might!
Excuse bullet points, but on way out. Really need some advice.
DD is 6, placed 11 months ago. Background is neglect. She goes to bed at 7.30pm ish and is generally asleep very quickly (in under 15 mins).
She has a habit of waking in the night. She's not distressed or scared.. She just wakes. But rather then go back to sleep, she sings, plays with toys and generally stays awake (sometimes but not always until she's so tired she cries through exhaustion)
The singing gets louder and louder in the volume until she wakes DH and me up. If we go in and ask her to be quiet/give a kiss/say goodnight, this works for about 2 mins then invariably the singing starts again.... We can go through this cycle several times a night.
It is not unusual for this to last from 2.30am to 5 am. We can't continue. DH and I are due back to work soon.
We have tried a lot of things and I will come back later to explain what they are/what happens, but first can you give me your thoughts on how you'd deal with it?
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MrsBoreanaz · 16/04/2015 09:54
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