My DD who is 4 has taken to waking at night at around 3 or 4am. She starts by snivelling, its not a distressed sound just I'm awake sound. If I don't go to her this will slowly escalate to full blown screaming. Again if I agnore this she will get out of bed and try and get into bed with me. If I tell het to go back to bed she just stands by my bed staring at me! she can keep this up for quite a while! I have asked her about this and why she does it, she told me twice that she just wanted a cuddle and another time that she wanted her daddy (he doesn't live with us, we left him over a year ago).
I'm at a loss as to how to handle this. I know it sounds mean but I really can't be doing this 3 out of 5 work nights. I'm exhausted. My x tells me that she doesn't do this at all when she is with him (not sure if I believe that or not, he likes to make me feel like he is a better parent).
Any ideas? I wondered if its all part of being unsettled swaping between mine and my X's but my friend tells me it just sounds like the behaviour of a normal 4 year old pushing their boundaries.
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Any ideas? screaming at night?
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barmybird · 27/12/2006 18:12
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