Hi all
I have a 21 month old daughter. At the moment bedtime is a real struggle. We do, (and always have since weaning from bf) lie with her in a double bed until she falls asleep, then transfer to her cot, which used to take 15-20 mins and neither of us minded at all. However, she is taking longer and longer to fall asleep (up to 2hrs), and seems to be regressing in that she needs to be lying almost on top of us, whereas she used to toss and turn for a bit then roll off and fall sleep with no contact. She will lie for a few minutes and sound like she's falling asleep and then suddenly start chatting or singing or hitting us or crying. She is very very fidgety so I wonder about restless legs?
Does anyone have any advice on how to get her to wind down and fall asleep more easily? I have no problem with staying with her til she's asleep, conversely I'm wondering whether it'd be easier in the long run to go through a few nights of pain trying to get her to fall asleep without us? I've always felt that sleep training wasn't right for us but I would love to have a situation where we are both downstairs not long after 7 rather than one of us being trapped for what feels like a large portion of the evening. Any help gratefully received!
Please or to access all these features
Please
or
to access all these features
For free parenting resources please check out the Early Years Alliance's Family Corner.
Parenting
How to get toddler to fall asleep in less than an hour!
49 replies
Tentativesteps133 · 10/09/2019 19:36
OP posts:
Don’t want to miss threads like this?
Weekly
Sign up to our weekly round up and get all the best threads sent straight to your inbox!
Log in to update your newsletter preferences.
You've subscribed!
Please create an account
To comment on this thread you need to create a Mumsnet account.