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AIBU?

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to think a two year old needs more sleep than an adult?

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SenseofEntitlement · 15/12/2011 13:55

Wail.
Dd2 stripped off in her cot last night, weed everywhere and so woke up crying at 3am and wouldn't go back to sleep till half six. I had to sit in the front room with her as dh is working loads of overtime and dd1 has school.
She slept till 8am, when dh gave her breakfast, but I had to wake up at 9am when he left for work.
This morning she finally seemed to be winding down at 11.30, so I put her down for a nap and made myself a brew, hoping I'd get a nap myself.
All was quiet for about 15 minutes, until I went up to the loo, and dd must have heard me.
She called out 'Who that? Mummy? dd2 poo! Poo not in nappy any more. On bed, smelly smelly!'
She had smeared it everywhere.
We only have two sheets to fit the cot - that was fine for dd1. dd2 is obviously made of sterner stuff.
I have to take the girls to a birthday party for one of dd1s little friends tonight, I need a nap, I need to have a toddler who can stay clothed.
Wail.

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knockneedandknackered · 15/12/2011 13:59

poor you i hope she manages to stay clothed at the party.

FoxyRoxy · 15/12/2011 14:02

Do you think she might want to use the potty? Just a thought that this disrobing and Weeing and pooing in the bed may mean she's ready to start toilet training.

Birnamwood · 15/12/2011 14:03

Aw that's Shit [arf] :)
Have you tried putting her nappy on back to front? might give you some respite for a while (until she works it out!).

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SenseofEntitlement · 15/12/2011 14:06

She does have a potty, and she will sit on it (then as soon as my back is turned she gets off and does a wee in the corner)

I'm afraid she has had a day of cbeebies and junk food. I'm struggling a bit with my moods at the moment anyway (hadn't slept much before she woke up as nervous about going to this party) so this is just too much :-(

Good job she is so cute :-)

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ScroogeHadAGoodPoint · 15/12/2011 14:36

Sounds as though you're having a really rough time of it. My 2yo DD also seems to require significantly less sleep than me and OMG yes it is tiring.

What's the party you're nervous about?

ScroogeHadAGoodPoint · 15/12/2011 14:38

Ooops sorry, you did explain. Am obviously also not firing on all brain cylinders. But I do find that sort of party hard work. Maybe it'll be reaaaaallly cold and she won't want to undress?

crapistan · 15/12/2011 14:43

What would happen if you changed her etc in the night, put her straight back in the cot, closed the door and went back to bed yourself? Why did you sit with her all that time?

seeker · 15/12/2011 14:48

Why are you nervous about the party?

verytellytubby · 15/12/2011 14:50

I agree with Crap () I'd have changed her and put her straight back to bed. Nip in the bud - talking from experience as I had feral twins!

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SenseofEntitlement · 15/12/2011 14:52

I tried putting her in our bed (she thought it was a game) I tried leaving her in her bed (she screamed the house down, and she shares a room with 4yo dd1) I tried sitting quietly in her bedroom (she shouted at me and dd1 woke up then) I tried sitting with her upstairs in the study (she ran about laughing loudly and woke dd1 again) she had calpol, milk, her favourite blanket, teddy and her two best toy trains (which she played at putting to bed. IN MY HAIR)
Anyhow, my fil is a saint who has just turned up and taken her for a walk, and will take dd1 to her party tonight. I get to have a brew in peace, then try to get all this laundry sorted out.

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Grumpla · 15/12/2011 14:55

Good grief woman, leave the laundry and have a nap! You definitely deserve one.

Single sheets folded right under the cot mattress will be fine.

How about nappy on normally but sleepsuit & grobag on backwards? That might foil her!

crapistan · 15/12/2011 14:56

Not ideal if she wakes her sister but really the only way is to put her back to bed and leave her so she gets the clear message that it's time to sleep. If you take her out after a while she will only fight longer the next time.

Good you're getting a break for a bit now.

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SenseofEntitlement · 15/12/2011 14:56

Nervous about the party as I literally haven't left the house except for kids parties and medical appointments for about a month. I did have a thing that I was meant to be doing yesterday with Rethink, but it got cancelled. I have a mental illness so I have phases like this.

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SenseofEntitlement · 15/12/2011 15:00

I tried each solution for about half an hour each, and I was upset myself - dh is working long hours atm and I'm not too well, plus both kids are being nightmares, so I just wanted her to stop crying :-(
When she was younger I would just get her in bed and give her a boob, but she hasn't been bf (because of my medication) for nearly a year now.

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ScroogeHadAGoodPoint · 16/12/2011 09:35

How did the party go? And how was the night? Thinking of you...

buttonmoon78 · 16/12/2011 09:38

I hope you managed a better night.

FWIW at night, get to Asda, get some cheap as chips sleepsuits her size and put them on backwards.

Of course, it may end up with shrieks of frustration, but she'll not get her nappy off!

PieCherry · 16/12/2011 09:44

I had a nightmare sleep issue with both my kids. Used to see all these guides, charting what sleep per day/night they should be having - and they weren't. I'd be sat at work waiting to die of sleep deprivation.

The HV told me that children with high intelligence have less sleep.

Now I don't know for one second if it's true, and I didn't care lol - it just made me feel a bit better about the whole situation. The placebo affect worked, and I relaxed about it, just shrugged and accepted it for what it was.

My 13 year old now won't budge out of bed and can sleep all day and night - be careful what you wish for cos it seems like a split second ago I was crying over him not getting enough sleep ;)

Leni75 · 16/12/2011 10:52

or try sellotape right round the nappy finishing at the back, so she can't get at it? Did this with my DS socks as he kept taking them off and running about barefoot and it was freezing cold at the time and we were kind of living on a building site so mud and wet too, I told him if he didn't stop i would tape them on and he didn't, so I did, not so tight that it cut off the circulation of course, but enough that they wouldn't go down over the ankle bone. worked a treat, he NEVER took them off again.

valiumredhead · 16/12/2011 10:55

I used to sellotape nappies

Matronalia · 16/12/2011 11:22

DD used to do this. Duct tape on the nappy helped immensely.

When she was in her cot I would slip her mattress into a single duvet cover and tuck the excess underneath. When she weed I just had to flip the mattress to get clean sheets.

When she moved into a bed I put one of those absorbent pads where she slept, then a sheet over the top, then another absorbent pad and another sheet on the top. When she weed into one pad I only had to take the top sheet off and pad off and she could get back in again. Worked most of the time (except for the time when she flipped herself around and weed on her pillow )

PicaK · 16/12/2011 12:43

I can an offer a big hug.

I am smiling that someone else has the same probs as me though.

No useful tips I'm afraid - other than try pull ups.

ScroogeHadAGoodPoint · 17/12/2011 13:51

I've also been told that intelligent children are worse sleepers. True or not, it's encouraging at least.

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