HELP!?
We have a 2.5 year old. Has never slept through. It has always been us in her room until she falls asleep and then wakes through the night for us to get in with her until morning. She will scream and cry if we leave at any time until shes physically sick.
We got her a single bed,loads of excitement towards it,us saying it's a big girl bed, princess bed.
Now she starts to cry if we mention bed time, if we try to put her PJs on.
Get her into her single bed and it's constant crying even with us in the room.
If we leave she begs us to come back, saying mummy where are you, I'm scared, mummy I need you and so on.
Tonight I have put her single bed in our bedroom to see if that will make a difference but she still screamed and cried until she fell asleep in husbands arms.
We have tried everything since birth to get her to sleep on her own. The cry it out method, reassurance, sleeping on her floor.
We have an older child who we were successful in progressive sleep and sleeping independently and never co slept.
It is having an impact on our marriage, mental health and family life as some nights we are with her for over an hour waiting for her to go to sleep.
Any advice? Any similar situations?
2.5 years I haven't slept through the night and it's getting me down so much!
Thank you in advance