Hi , want thoughts , advice ,anything please ......
Im a mum of two , youngest is adopted , came to live with us at 11 months and is now 2 years 10 months.
She has been a dream , always settled and slept really well , sometimes woke in the night but with a little cuddle and sometimes a bottle would settle straight down.
she never lived with her parents , was removed at birth and lived with one set of foster parents ...... who are wonderful.
Im at work 3 days and she has been in nursery for 8 months , again really doing well , confident , sociable and funny. the nursery manager has commented on how unlike other adopted children she is because she doesn't show any signs of being adopted ( not completely sure what she means by that .......)
SO WHY IS SHE SUDDENLY NOT GOING TO SLEEP ?
we were putting her to bed at 7 but have moved it now to 8 , but she will often still be shouting for us at 9 or 10 and keeping her sister awake and running us ragged .....we try to just offer reassurance and tell her to sleep,
when we wake her in the morning at 7.30 she is fighting to stay in bed she is so tired ,,,,, so are we !
I find myself getting very serious and firm with her , not shouting , but saying firmly " you need to sleep"..... she then starts to cry and will then settle and sleep .... but I hate seeing her get so upset to sleep .... feels like when i tell her off she wants me to leave her alone and is very sad ( understandable).
So what would others do regarding settling / sleep difficulties in a nearly three year old who is adopted.
Meant to say we have a good settling time , tea, telly , bath ,bottle , story and cuddle .
She is definately a strong character who knows what she wants and can be determined. But has always loved her sleep from moving in with us.
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twoblueskies · 01/12/2016 21:16
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