A 25 month old not sleeping

[darmycox]

Can anybody help? And I know plenty have or are going through this as I've read everything I can on it. My daughter has gone from a 'relatively' good sleeper to a nightmare. Goes down fine at 7 but from about 5am onwards it's just endless crying and calling out to come in our bedroom (which we've never really done apart from just before we all get up). It's definitely just whingey crying, and I've tried leaving her for 5, 10, then 20 mins but it never stops, she will not give up until 6.30 when I'll get her up.

Tried taking away dummy as that did not seem to be helping her sleep or settle anymore, no change, so after reading some posts on here, gave it back, don't worry, the inconsistency is not lost on me. It's been about a week now with no improvement and I'm starting to think, 'shall I bring her in our bed just to break the waking cycle?' But I'm not at all convinced that would help.

If anyone has cracked this please let me know as my sanity and relationship seem to be on very thin ice.

Not an expert at all.

What about trying to put her to bed at 7.30?

I think we started bringing DD into our room at about that age and then ignoring her.

She is now fab at lie ins (she is 3 1/2) as she just plays with our feet and cuddles us till about 8 at the weekends. So it will get better.

Not sure that's the text book answer though!

8, you lucky thing. Forgot to mention, I also have a 3 year old daughter, so i don't really want to start the bed thing as I'll have both in and they won't sleep. if I thought it would work I'd do it, as most of my friends do, I'm just not convinced. Although I must say, ignoring her once she's in there is not one we've tried and sounds good.

We have sort of tried a later bedtime but it didn't seem to work and my other half is convinced they wake up earlier if they go to bed later.

I'm not too sure but I'm done rowing about it. She does seem to be worse since her daytime nap got a bit screwed up after moving out of the baby room at Nursery.

Sorry, didn't mean to make you envious. Not tactful!

What about some kind of reward system?

God, don't worry, I'm envious of anyone with a child that sleeps later than 5am so that's practically everyone.

Tried the reward chart, and I don't know if it's because she's a bit young or because I've inadvertently labelled her 'strong willed', but she doesn't seem to get it.

If I could just be sure that it was a passing phase, and that leaving her to cry will get results I'd crack on with it.

I think I'll say i'll try the leaving her again tomorrow morning if it starts, and if still no progress change tack. i read about 'wake to sleep' i think it's called on here so maybe try that.