In a nutshell: 3rd child (dd). Aged 2 and a half. Has never slept through consistently. I am at the end of my tether.
2 issues: (i) she will not go to bed and (ii) she will not stay in her bed.
to address (i) we put her back in bed 53 times in an hour and a half period (no eye contact etc, straight back in); things improved slightly for a few nights, kept up the strategy until we realised that she thought it was a game. To address (ii) I return her to her bed anything up to around 4-5 times a night in the middle of the night, only saying you can come in when it is light.
Am now trying star chart, but she cannot get a star to get going because she is so horrendous. Every night she is up and down pottering around until about 9.30 when she finally goes to sleep (in her bed or sneaks into our bed). Ignoring her simply means she potters around for hours. Threatening to shut the door/hold it shut means that she has a huge tantrum. Then when she finally sleeps she is up again in the night waking us up.
Instinctively I think that we have to do the putting back no eye contact thing but she thinks it is a game. Are there any other strategies anyone can suggest? She has no milk during the night (that was a problem for a long time but we have sorted that although she will still ask occasionally). Should we put her in with her two brothers (5 and 3?). Please help me
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tiggyhop · 03/04/2008 15:56
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