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MrsJoeMcIntyre · 13/02/2009 10:28

Dd has always been a ridiculously bad sleeper, and I have posted about this many, many times under my old name (Pinkjenny).

We are thrilled that she is now going to sleep in her own bed, albeit next to our bed. The issue that remains, however, is the time that she goes to sleep. She still isn't going to sleep until about 9pm. I wake her up most days as I have to go to work and get us ready, and she is obviously still tired when she gets up.

So, how do I now move bedtime forward. She is going to sleep at 9pm because she is literally dropping with exhaustion. Is the best solution to just move the whole routine forward by ten minutes or so each night? Or is the problem that she will mess about until she physically can't stay awake any more, and I'll end up in the bedroom with her for two hours before she drops??

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MrsJoeMcIntyre · 13/02/2009 11:04

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thisisyesterday · 13/02/2009 11:05

how old is she? does she sleep during the day?

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MrsJoeMcIntyre · 13/02/2009 11:07

She is 21mo, yes she still sleeps in the day, for an hour.

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nickytwotimes · 13/02/2009 11:07

I think bringing bedtime forward 10 mins a day sounds like a good start.

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MrsJoeMcIntyre · 13/02/2009 11:08

I'm all for the softly softly approach, as you can see from the fact that her bed is in our bedroom (!), but I used to be up there with her for two hours at a time. So just gently bringing it forward should be OK then? She won't know anyway, I guess!

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nickytwotimes · 13/02/2009 11:12

No, she won't know what time it is and it is still near to her crash out time.
There'e nothing wrong with softly, softly. I would quite like it if ds would sleep with us, but my not-very-softly approach when he was wee has made night wakings a pita now as he likes everyone in their own bed! there#ll be a lot more night time snuggling if we are lucky enough to have no.2.