My friend has a dd who is nearly 2. She has never been great with sleep but apparently it has got worse because now she gets out of bed over and over and over again and wakes my friend and her dh and their older child up.
My friend told me that they have resorted for the last few months to wedging the door handle so that her dd can't get out. Her dd then bangs on the door and screams for anything up to two hours before more often than not going to sleep on the floor behind the door. They've tried stairgates but she just climbs over (also climbs out of her cot). I suggested to said friend that possibly wedging her dd in a pitch black room maybe wasn't helping as her dd now gets hysterical even before bedtime. God knows I know how horrific it is with lack of sleep, my own ds didn't sleep through until he was nearly 4 but aibu to think effectively locking your dc in will not help?! I think I would get hysterical if I was shut in a dark room and no one would come. Friend describes her as "naughty". They had a very very placid first child who slept through at 5 weeks so I think the second one has shocked them a bit.
So aibu to think it's just wrong to shut a 1 year old in their room and then ignore them and also does anyone have any suggestions as to what else they could try? I have suggested a few things that helped ds but don't know if they've tried. Do think they're at their wits end. I did tell my friends did not agree with what she was doing, and that I don't think her dd is naughty - she's just got into a terrible bedtime routine which has now been made worse.