DD's sleeping issues

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Nearly 3 year old DD has always been a poor sleeper, literally waking every few hours, crying, won't settle without one of us etc - she gets in our bed about 11ish every night which is no fault of our own I know (which used to help) but the past few weeks it's been hell she's waking even more frequently, crying out & thrashing around & won't tell you what's wrong.
I just wish my child would start to sleep, i don't know why she wakes. She is a very active child, I do daily activities with her & get her out of the house I'm at a loss.

What also worries me is the fact I'm due DD2 in 4 weeks!
Anyone got any advice? Posting in here for traffic rather than 'sleeping' as haven't had my luck there previously.

Could it be bad dreams or the temperature?

She does shout out & talk in her sleep occasionally. I did think it could be the temperature, we have a fan going in our bedroom as it's really hot in there at the moment but I didn't think it would make her react like that.
She does seem to be all about daddy at the moment i.e. when she wakes she wants him, throughout the day shes playing me up & asks for him. So not sure if it something to do with baby due shortly?

Could well be, I've heard some toddlers act out prior to baby arriving like they sense the coming change. Ours doesn't cope with the heat well, she sweats buckets, rolls around, if it's too hot wakes in the night and comes in very upset drinks a gallon of liquid and takes a lot of settling. We do our best to keep her room cool, curtains closed during the day and open the window for a bit when it starts to cool at night. Heat can definitely be a factor as it gives you more disturbed sleep.

It could well be the heat your right, it's just bloody knackering. Who knows will just have to ride it out!

It's quite a common age for night terrors I believe. My DD had this quite badly, thrashed around, screamed and hit out in the night. She's now 5 and fine. I'm not sure I can give you any other advise but to ride it out. Sleeping in your bed might be a good thing as she'll feel safe and secure when she does wake.

One suggestion I was given was to fill a hot water bottle with cold water and put that near her on the bed, haven't tried it so don't know if it would help at all.

Does she have one of those cuddly light up music toys at all?

My ds was like this from birth to 3 years and it turned out to be enlarged adenoids causing glue ear and sleep apnoea.

My 3 year old does this and everyone agrees it's n

Oops... everyone agrees it sounds like night terrors. He seems awake - eyes open- crying hysterically, pointing at nothing, wont speak apart from 'no no no' and pulls away if I try and comfort him. Does this sound like yours? Mines always been a bad sleeper too.

I haven't got a solution but I was told to just ride it out and make sure he doesn't hurt himself. Persuading him to have a wee sometimes snaps him out of it. It's frustrating as they seem to be awake but won't explain what's wrong - understanding that he's actually asleep and not tantrumming has helped me keep calmer in the midst of it.

Thanks all, yeah sometimes she shouts out really random things in her sleep so it could well be night terrors it definitely sounds it. She literally goes beserk some nights & it takes her ages to settle down, she doesn't even want to be comforted sometimes. I wish it would pass soon. I'm just worried about her being like this with a newborn in the same room but I'm shall we'll manage .