night time waking

[tricia03]

My DD is nearly 2 and has always been a poor sleeper unlike my DS. About 6 months ago she began waking up for comfort and I managed to stop that by refusing to take her out of her cot and just sitting in her room until she fell asleep. She then began sleeping through the night about 80% of the time instead of only 10% of the time. Now when she wakes it can take up to 2 hours for her to go back to sleep. She is trying but if, after 15 minutes, she hasn't dropped off she'll start with the 'mummy, mummy, mummy' until I tell her to go to sleep. She'll then try again and so it will continue for 2 hours. Any suggestions on what I can do to help her fall asleep again or is it a case of she'll grow out of it?

I have been told to be robotic at night so there is no reward for waking. You go into the room and say 'it's bed time go to sleep', no cuddles or emotion. I know it sounds hard but we had to do it too, and it seems to work. Good luck!

Thanks for the advice and that is what I have done already. It took a month to 'break' her but she did stop waking up for 80% of the nights. I have tried telling her to lie down and go to sleep but if she doesn't manage this then she'll call for me after 10-15 minutes. I've tried ignoring her calls but give in after half an hour. Trouble is I think that she is trying to fall asleep but its taking her too long so she calls out for me. She drops off straight to sleep at the end of the day but thats because she's so tired.