2yr Old Waking at Night

[foxy123]

For the last 6 months my DD has been waking up every 2 hours @ night. I am ending up with her in my bed every night and I just can't get a good night's sleep with her there. I work full time & have to be up at 6am and am finding it increasingly difficult to function at work, it's like having a newborn but without the maternity leave

Routine is bath at 7, story, night light on and wait for her to fall asleep. It then starts from about 11.30 She comes into my room crying, I lead her back to bed and wait for her to fall asleep then creep out. The 1st waking I can usually get her straight back to sleep & creep out successfully but after this she seems more upset/stubborn or maybe I just give in easier knowing I have to be up in a few hours.

Is the problem as she wakes up and I'm not there? She doesn't have a dummy and is in a cot bed with the side off.

Hi there foxy, I am having similar trouble with my ds at the moment and I am convinced it is down to either an association with you being there when they fall asleep or his teeth. He used to sleep 12 hours solid through the night - it was utter bliss! But this is just torture! He is a bit off his food atm so I suspect he has a bit of a tummy bug, but this has been going on for a while.

Perhaps you need to do a bit of the old controlled crying?

Do you close her door or have a gate?

Hi - similar problems here too with DS2 who is 27 months. Has always gone to bed ok and mostly slept through, but in the last few months we've had trouble getting him to go to sleep and then he wakes every couple of hours or more. We go in to settle him about 4-5 times during our night. It is difficult because we also have baby DS3 who also wakes at different times.

Hope someone comes along with some tips soon!

lurking with interest

well at least we know we're not alone

she woke at 11.45 last night and I ended up falling asleep on her bedroom floor for an hour! Creeped back to bed but she came in at 3 and I wasn't really up for anymore floor sleeping so gave in and let her in my bed

ManiPedi I think you are right about the controlled crying it's just having the guts to do it isn't it? I have given it a go before but when there is no let up after an hour of screaming I usually give in. I pull her door to and just have the stair gate at the top of the stairs.