Help! Toddler sleep troubles.

[jface27]

Hi. My daughter is two end of june and she used to sleep fine. No problems. She always had her dummy for only sleep times. But then she started to want it all the time and it was driving me crazy so I took it away altogether! Since then she wont go to sleep. She takes all her clothes off including nappy and buggers about for hours on end,although she is tired. I have tried sitting with her, cuddles,putting bedtime back,taking her day time nap away,lots more but nothing works. Someone has suggested she was not ready to give up the dummy and I should give it back until she is ready? Not sure what to do really. Have a 3.8year old son who never had this problem but he had dummy for sleep til he was 3. Was I being mean taking hers away so early? Any advice welcome.

think u did the right thing taking it away the longer u leave it the harder it gets to take away but for an easy life i'd give in and give the dummy! but be stonger than me and stick it out, controlled crying whatever it takes!

well, i would agree that she is clearly finding it hard to settle now without the dummy for comfort, but that said, I am not sure I would give it back now- unless she is very distressed without it?

if she is just messing about then I think she will eventually stop doing it, but you will need to try and develop new sleep cues. without the dummy which comforted her and signified sleep-time she is at a loss and can't settle herself

does she have a favourite comfort toy or anything? could you create one?
i would suggest putting a babygro on backwards to stop her getting out of clothes and nappy btw!

is she upset? or just messing about? if she is awake but generally happy tbh i would just leave her to it untiol she falls asleep

I'd give her the dummy.... sorry but I would... I think she wasn't ready for it to go, she didn't get time to ''mourn'' it or be prepared for it not being there... I would make it clear that it was only coming back for bedtime but I definately would give it back!

My DS1 was 18 months when he decided himself to give up the dummy, he just refused it... the easiest! DD is another story, she was 2.5yrs when I told her about the dummy fairy and about how grown up she was getting, she loved her dummy so much and went through fazes of having it constantly during the day to only in bed.... I always allowed her to make the choice, she knew when she needed it... and at 2.6yrs the dummy fairy came. This worked so much better than going cold turkey... she was prepared for it and it wasn't so shocking.

Hope this makes sense :)

Thanks for all advice. She has her blanket which she has always had and half the time she is just mucking about but then she wakes up her brother! I have tried putting clothes on backwards but she some how manages to snake her way out of the neck hole! Tried giving dummy back last night but she just took it out and did the same as usual! I have baby no 3 on the way so maybe she is responding to that? Due oct 3rd so got time to try sort her out!