My 20 month old daughter was a poor sleeper when she was born. She cried herself to sleep all the time which was very distressing for us.
I established a night time routine at about 3 months and she has slept through, except through colds and teething etc, from 6 months for which I am truly thankful. She hasn't slept in her pushchair for about 6 months and will only nap in a cot. She's at nursery 2 days a week and they struggle to get her to sleep. Her nap times and durations are erratic.
She will only sleep in the car if it's bed time and she's in a grobag and the last time we drove at night it took an hour for her to sleep. We can't go anywhere longer than 30 minutes without screaming hysterics. Even if she's desperate to sleep she just won't. I really want to start visiting people and I just don't know how we would ever manage a holiday. We'd like to have some more family days out but it's so stressful when we do.
Any one been there and grown out of it? Any advice please?
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20 month old cries in the car seat - how can we go anywhere?
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Allegrogirl · 15/06/2009 16:57
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