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Anyone know what's up with DD's sleep?

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RedCrab · 04/12/2016 08:49

She's 22 months. I'm 23 weeks with DC3 and still partially co sleeping with her. I recently posted asking advice on how to stop being her sleep crutch, and we've had success just leaving her to sleep by herself at bedtime and if she wakes. She still wakes and that's ok, not great but ok as my main aim was just to not be co sleeping with her when DC3 is here.

Most wake ups we can go in, quick reassurance and tuck back in, and leave. But at 2am like clockwork, she wakes and screams and will not accept being left like all other wake ups. She shares with DS who is 4, so I inevitably get in bed with her to get her to sleep, and then fall asleep myself. The screaming is really stressful and I find myself getting really angry because I can't figure out what she wants, and she just screams and screams until eventually, she throws herself in my arms and goes to sleep.

Anyone else's DC do this and did you figure out what the problem is? I should add she has constipation issues we're resolving and could be teething as she doesn't have all her teeth. But it's just the 2am time every single night. It really is like clockwork.

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scrumptiouscrumpets · 04/12/2016 12:23

Sounds like habitual waking to me. She's just used to waking up at that time and you coming in to sleep with her. We have a similar issue with DS 1 who is 2, he doesn't scream but whinges for ages, so we've accepted it's either leaving him to it and listening to him for an hour every night, or give in, go in to sleep in his room and hope he'll grow out of it.
You could try just being strict and stop going in to her, though it's not guaranteed to work (we tried this for many weeks before giving up because there was no improvement). Can't you keep reminding her that she shares a room with her brother, so she doesn't need to feel alone?

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