sharing a bed

[lilybird]

my dd is a terrible sleeper, just got back from holiday (where she slept fantastic!) and the horrible nights have returned, she has started shouting out and crying all night, i always end up in her bed with her, most of the time it's not till 5/6 o'clock in the morning, but last night it was 1 o'clock! do i have just have to be tough to get her out of the habit? does anyone else do this?

lilybird - How old is she?

sorry.she's 2.5.

Sounds like she's just chancing her luck! My advice would be to be firm...... however, my ds co-slept with us until he was 3 just so we could get a nights sleep!!!

well i've not been into dd's bed since mon night!but she's been in ours! only from 5.30/6 ish in the morning and she's sleeping til 7.30/8 ish, so we're all getting more sleep.
dh isn't bwst pleased though, feel like a can't win, will try and take her into spare bedroom tomorrow morning. aargh!

I had the same problem Lillybird so one afternoon we went to a special shop where she was able to make her own teddy bear (it's called the bear factory) and we also got her a tape machine and lots of story tapes so that she now has an extra special teddy bear and stories!