Do I kill dd or myself through lack of sleep

[tegan]

DD2 has become and awful sleeper over the last couple of weeks. It has progressed to waking every 30 mins to 1hr and not wanting to go to bed at all. I really don't know how to correct this as she is getting grumpy through lack of sleep and I don't want to medicate her as suggested by doctor.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks

we are going through the same problem, we have a sticker chart,so if she goes to sleep like a good girl she get one smiley face and if in the morning 4/5 o'clock she goes back to sleep in her own bed she gets another one. this worked until this weekend, she was sleeping through for the first time in 2 and half years! but something has changed don't know what it is but really getting me down again. (she also went back to having a nap in the day asper the health visitor. could be waking due to the coldnights and she won't have the covers over her! dont have any answers soory,but know what your going through. x

Thanks for that. DD is only 18mths and we have always had probs with sleep or lack of but thought we had cracked it until recently. last night I could of just walked out and let her get on with it. Am I doing something wrong or is she just being a total pain for fun. Lack of sleep is turning her into a pain in the day also her behaviour is getting out of hand and I can only put it down to lack of sleep.

hey,tegan. how are things. how was last night?

Well last night she was up every 45 mins so at 2.30am I gave her 5ml of Calpol and put somegel on her gums where she has 2 k9's coming and she slept until 6.30. So all in all not great but better. For some reason she is refusing any drinks before bed.

self

well that's what I'm doing.

It's really hard cos people don't believe you when you say "I've been up every 45mins throughout the night" I'm sure they think I'm exagerating

tegan - my DS is also like this when he's teething. It's hell. Have you tried a dose of Ibuprofen before bed? It works wonders with DS.

I know you're not exaggerating! Chin up; when the teeth cut she'll be snoozing in no time at all

Last night I gave her 10ml of medised and she was up every 2 hours which is better but not perfect. I think she may have a cold appearing as well as teething

Hi Tegan. I know you said you didn't want to medicate but if you are using Medised, have you considered Piriton ? DD1 didn't sleep through until she was around 18 months and a Paed suggested this when she was around 10 months old. We gave her one dose before bed and for the first time ever she slept through the night. Only worked for about 3 nights tho.

Maybe she just needs something to knock her out for a couple of nights so she can get her sleep pattern back on an even keel?

Hi

When my DD was teething with her 1st molars she woke up for ages in the night - sometimes staying awake for 2 hours. I used a homeopathic remedy called Chammomilla (spelling?) which comes in granule form - really did the trick - when ur knackered anything is worth a try!

Last night she was up from 2 til 4 just awake and that was after giving her medised. She was on valegan for 6 weeks in july/august and I have some here but would prefer not to use it.
Befroe using valegan we did try piriton but it didn't work at all on her.
Where can I get the homeopathic remedy from???

You can get them from Boots. I've also used Pulsatilla - another homeopathic remedy - which has calmed my dd down. I also use essential oils in an electric diffuser for 30 minutes before she goes to sleep - this helps to calm her down too.

Thanks will go tomorrow and try to get some.

Well last night was better. 10mls of medised, actually drank milk and only woke twice

hi tegan, is easier if I join your thread I think,hello all, I am experiencing same problem but not a badly as some of you! I am using boots chamomilla granuals too, I also put a spot of roman chamomile oil mixed with some almond oil behind each ear lobe. These remedies work much better when he's up for taking them! Lilybird, have you thought of buying a sleepsuit, I don't live in uk but my friend said mothercare are doing a special offer on all in one sleep suits at the moment (2 for price of 1 and a half)am waiting for mine to arrive in the post

I found with my DS's that after initially working very well, Medised stopped working for them. It was as if their bodies got used to it.

we've had a couple of better nights, but still up at 5/5.30am. last night was up about 5 times.
also getting harder to get her sleep not going down until about 8ish, she's in the bath from 6.30!!? don't know how she keeps going to be honest.
she has got a sleepsuit which she wore for the first few weeks but won't wear now, i've covered her up when i've gone to bed and left the heating on in her room.

Thanks for joining us. I am going to boots today to try and get some homeopathic stuff. Just hope it works.

let me know how it works, what's it called again?
think dd has real trouble winding down, she's quite hyper like dh!
to be honest the whole thing is really getting me down,feel like i'm in groundhog day!!
thinking of going to doctors tomorrow to get something to perk me up abit.

tegan, how does your lo get to sleep in the first place e.g. dummy, by herself, etc and what do you do to get her back to sleep when she wakes? It sounds like she is unable to self-settle herself when she comes into her light sleep (occurs roughly every 45 minutes). It sounds like she is using something as a prop (maybe you or a dummy)and when its not there she cries for you to help her back to sleep instead. Do you have a calming bedtime routine e.g. bath, stories, etc? (although we had to stop baths as it wound dd up too much). Post a bit more info to see if we can help you more.

Well we do the routine stuff. Bath, story and bed but most of the time we don't do story because she kept wanting more and thought it was time to play. She has a very short attention apan and also has trouble winding down so when she goes to bed she has 2 dummies and alternates them until she is asleep (not good I know) and she also gets out of bed many times before she finally settles.

Bought chamomila and pulsatilla today, not entirely sure what to do with them though. some advise on this would help.

Gave her 2 camomilla last night and no medised. She stirred at 1.30 and then came in my bed at 4.30 and is still there now, not bad really.

thats really good tegan,do you feel better? does dd still have a sleep in the day? how old is she again?

She is 18 months and will have an hour nap sometimes more, even up to 2.5 hours. I feel great this morning but am thinking of this as a one off so tonight we will have to wait and see.
Still slightly concerned as to how I should be doing the homeopathic thing though.