Hi I have been reading posts on this subject since my little girl was born 2 and half years ago and have today decided to post my own as I am at the end of my tether. My little girl slept through the night until about 4 months old then all of a sudden the getting up every single night started. We have a bed time routine for her where we get her ready for bed , teeth brushed and she goes to bed with her milk ( think this is mistake number 1) around 7pm. She will go to bed great at night but it will start at midnight when she will wake up and be unsettled for the rest of the night and all she keeps asking for is drinks and if she doesn't get it screams the place down. I feel she is using the drink as a comfort to get her back to sleep but I give her it as I am exhausted after 2 years of no sleep and currently expecting my second so feel even more tired. There is another big problem that she wakes up and is fully awake and wants to get up at 4am every morning sometimes this has even been 2 or 3am - she doesn't get a nap in afternoon anymore which was stopped about 7 months ago due to it affecting her sleep at night and making her less tired causing her to be up - as even a 5 min nap to her is like 3 hours and would mean she won't go to bed til around 10pm at night ! We have tried making her bed time later but she doesn't last til then and is cranky and falling asleep by 6pm exhausted. We have tried everything from letting her cry to saying no to drinks and that it's not time to get up but she just cries louder. I know i need to stop the drink going to bed and during night for a start but I just was hoping for some advice on how to handle this and on the extremely early rising and if anyone has had the same thing and if they have any success stories. All advice would be greatly appreciated from a very tired mum and dad.
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2 1/2 year old still not sleeping through night ! Help!
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Gills0412 · 07/02/2016 19:22
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