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Toddler won´t settle!

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Mudge · 02/02/2009 14:30

My daughter has always been a good sleeper and after a bit of help, she would settle at bedtime easily and also if she woke up during the night. In the past week or so, she won´t settle in the evenings and screams for her parents if she wakes up at night. Sometimes it takes us nearly two hours to get her to settle again. I have recenlty had a baby boy (4 weeks ago) and she also moved to a bigger bed about 6 weeks ago. Could this be anything to do with her behaviour?
Help desperately needed as we are soooooo sleep deprived with two children up all night!

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mersmam · 02/02/2009 17:21

It's probably just a phase and will pass soon.
It might be to do with her baby brother - my dd1 went through something similar when dd2 was born. Probably just giving her a cuddle and then leaving her is all you can do
Is she old enough to understand a rewrd chart? You could offer her a sticker on a chart for each night she doesn't shout for you and then a reward after five stickers?

Runoutofideas · 02/02/2009 17:47

Is the baby waking her up? My elder one used to get disturbed by me wandering around with the baby in the middle of the night.

Mudge · 03/02/2009 14:27

No the toddler isn´t waking her up. Had a terrible night again last night so any tips gratefully received!!

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CantSleepWontSleep · 03/02/2009 14:37

Is the baby in with you?
DD (3 in a few days) is jealous of ds (16 weeks), because he's in our room. At the moment dh is sleeping in with dd to prevent the constant being up in the night.

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