Sleep

[cheekycherub]

Hello I am a new member looking for some help with my one year old daughter. She has 1-2 hours sleep in the morning, goes to bed fine at 7pm but then she is up at 2am every night wanting to get into our bed. We have tried giving her a bottle, rocking her, but she doesnt have any of it she just wants to sleep with us. She is all over the place in bed and we are getting hardly any sleep. My eight year old daughter was did exactly the same but slept all night when we put her into a proper bed when she was two. Any ideas?

cheeky if she wont disturb oyur older daughter would you do a sort of controlled crying on her at 2am, reassuring her that she is ok but she has to sleep in her own bed, perhaps a new novelty light in the room (thats safe) that you could use then to distract her - might not work ???
its a hhabit, been there and did c/c but it was a younger age.

does she fall asleep instantly at 7am, because maybe at 2am she dosnt know how to get back to sleep

7pm!!!!

Thanks for your advice, will give the cc a try. She has never woke sister so might work, dont know how long we can stand it we are real softies not good at leaving children to cry.

Fallen asleep on bottle ever since she was born, not done the last few nights and it has been nearly 9pm before she has gone to bed, cant understand it she falls asleep herself during the day?????

cheeky, u dont have to leave her for log periods, start of 1min then 2min then 4min, then 5min and stay with the 5mins.
i know the crying is a real heart strings puller.

Thanks hermykne for your advice, tried the cc last night but we were useless. She ended up with us again!!! Will keep at it as with my first daughter they will sleep through when they are ready she wont be still in bed with us when she is 12 (I hope!!!!!!!)

same problem here... 13month old. always slept throug but now wakes about 12ish and screams till we go to her...... so much she is sweating and sometimes sick. maybe its their age, scared of being alone?????

Keep at it mmmmchocolate, just had 2 full nights sleep HORRAY!!!!!! The only thing I am doing different is that I am weaning her onto cows milk so at bed time it is mixed and maybe?? a bit more satisfing. At first we wouldnt go to her until the crying was established, but if we catch her early within a min of her waking up we seem to get her to go back to sleep. My heart goes out to you it is really hard work especially when you have to get up for work the next morning.

Hello I am a new member looking to help my little darling sleep through. He is 12 months and wakes every night at around 2/3 and settles with a bottle. He always falls asleep in my arms at night so that was my first mistake I know. Can't do controlled crying as I don't want to wake my other three children. Last night he woke every hour from 1 I put this down to teeth. I need a good block of sleep I am going to try supper tonight!