DD (almost 2) is not a good sleeper, never has been. And getting her to sleep at night can be quite challenging.
We have good nights and bad nights of course, but even on the good nights we still needs to sit beside her and run her back/feet/hands/neck until she falls asleep which can take anywhere between 10-30 minutes. Most nights are like this - little fuss but can just take a while. She's had the same routine for about a year and she's usually sleeping about 7.30.
And then we have nights like tonight. 90minutes of almost solid screaming which resulted in her being sick. She just couldn't settle at all, and she's now snoring beside me in my bed.
During the night, she generally wakes once (anywhere between 10 and 5!) and she comes in with us, I bf her and on a good night she'll roll over and go to sleep until morning but on a bad night it can take 1-2 hours for her to go back to sleep.
Just found out I'm expecting again -
and freaking out about bedtimes/nighttimes when the baby is here (not till next June).
I just don't know what to do. She just wants to be close to us at night time, and I don't mind her coming in when she wakes if she falls asleep without much of a fuss.
Just needed to write it all down, DH is away with work just now and I feel emotionally exhausted after that battle and I've got a million things going through my head
Thank you if you took the time to read, I appreciate any sympathy, advice or a kick up the bum!!
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SleepForTheWeak · 10/10/2016 22:05
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