Hi,
My MIL took my daughter’s dummy away whilst she was staying at their house for a few nights (at my request) about two weeks ago now. It went well but my daughter was sleeping in their room so I think she got comfort from that.
Since being home, it’s not gone well. We’ve had a couple of good nights but mostly she has screamed the house down at bedtime, and again during the night if she wakes up and I’m just not sure what to do.
Firstly I introduced a nightlight as she was saying she was scared of monsters in her room. The last couple of nights I have read books to her until she fell asleep (making a rod for my own back, I know) otherwise she gets so upset and just climbs out of her cot and comes out of her room. I obviously plan to take the sides off her cot but I need my partner to secure her wardrobe to the wall first and he’s currently away, so I’m relying on the camera in her room to make sure she’s in bed. Tonight, she woke up in the night screaming relentlessly and climbing out of her cot. She just does not give in. I was stood outside her room for 45 minutes whilst she screamed, I put her back in her cot each time she got out. I tried comforting her, I tried not saying anything at all. I’m currently sat on her bedroom floor at 4.30am writing this - I’ve read her books for an hour so far. She has a tonie box but I think she just wants me in her room. I am exhausted 😓 my parter works away for up to 10 days at a time so I’m pretty much doing this alone, as well as being parent to a child with ADHD (who has also been shouting at me to “shut her up” whilst she was screaming tonight). I would really really appreciate some advice please. I know I’m introducing other crutches in place of the dummy which I really don’t want to do, but I also work full time and as I say, am also mum to a child with additional needs which can be really tough and I feel I’m at breaking point.