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to just shut DD2 in her bedroom in the morning

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Whoneedssleepanyway · 16/02/2012 08:50

DD2's sleep has been pretty poor since birth.

She has recently moved into her own room (she was sharing with DD1 but we moved house so now the girls each have a room), they shared for the first 6 weeks in the new house but DD1 has now gone into her own room. This now means every night at some point DD2 comes into our room and climbs into our bed and it is wearing me out. We have a night-time/ day-time clock which she just ignores now and i have tried offering rewards if she stays in bed the whole night till the sun comes up but she doesn't respond to this. It isn't like she lies quietly in our bed which I could handle but thrashes around keeping us all awake.

WIBU to just shut her bedroom door once she is asleep so she physically can't get out (the handle is too high for her to open) I know she will go nuts when she wakes up and wants to get out, so would obviously offer re-assurance through the closed door but is this a v bad idea...not sure what else to try to get her to stay in bed. I am hoping after a few nights of this she would get the message...

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DinahMoHum · 16/02/2012 08:52

if she was better sharing, then can you move the girls back in together?

DoNotDisturb · 16/02/2012 08:55

I shut the bedroom doors in our house to prevent noise waking the kids up and my 3 year old cant reach the handle and so can't get out.. To be fair he hasn't tried yet but when I moved him from cot to bed the plan was he couldn't get out if he tried so I would and do in fact do it!

Whoneedssleepanyway · 16/02/2012 08:55

DD1 was so excited about having her own room and has a new bed being delivered next week...there is no way she would move back into DD2's room. I guess I could suggest that we put another bed in DD1's bedroom for DD2 (DD2 has bunks in her room so could di-assemble these and put 1 in DD1's bedroom)....I just know DD1 is so keen to have her own bedroom

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jojane · 16/02/2012 08:58

I think a better idea woe be to put a stair gate across the bedroom door. We did that with ours when they went into beds, that way you can hear her better, she can hear and speak to you when you want her too so would beess distressing than a closed door which may panic her a bit.

oldaninpurple · 16/02/2012 08:59

I don't think I'd shut the door, it could be a bit scary to wake up and find she was trapped. You don't say how old yours DD is, but how about a stairgate? Its a new house, a new room and she's on her own presumably for the first time ever? Sounds to me like she needs reassurance and time to adjust. I this YAB a bit U!

DoNotDisturb · 16/02/2012 09:10

My three year old knows we can hear him down the baby monitor so shouts if he needs us.

I hadn't really taken on board the new house and first time in her own room though. So agree that maybe cutting her some slack for a bit till she settles is probably necessary.

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