My dd now 2.5years was never a good sleeper and never slept through the nite not once until she was 18months after I finally resorted to controlled crying. Three nites of hell for all concerned and then at last shes slept all nite without a peep.
We have a good bedtime routine and she had been settling to sleep without any resistance or problems for a whole year, and staying asleep until between 6-7am. Then suddenly 3 nights before Xmas she wakes in the night and is awake for 3 hours before going back to sleep. This has now continued every nite since and she is also resisting bedtime altogether. I battle to get her to sleep and she is awake again approx. 2 hours later.
She says she is just awake and wants to watch telly or read stories, if I leave her to settle herself she just gets up so I now spend most of the evening and nite sitting in her room with her until she drops off, only to find she wakes again repeatably for most of the night.
I am 32 weeks pg and her night time antics are killing me, any help or advice on how to deal with this would be greatly appreicated.