Argggghhh 2.9 won't go to sleep!!

[CurlyFox]

Dd used to sleep from 7-7 when the clocks went back the problems started where she was asleep in 5 minutes its now up to an hour sometimes longer. I usually sit on the end of the bed with her and stay til she is drowsy and then leave. Now she doesn't get drowsy kicks sings jumps up and down. I have cut out her naps and this has not helped I have blackout blinds in her room this hasn't worked. I am considering leaving her to cry and putting her back to bed but as we live in a flat I am really worried about the neighbours complaining. Dd has a very high pitched cry!
Help?

Google Cherry Juice and Sleep. It's a revelation!

Also, last year I had this problem and there was a post on here about helping reset sleep rhythms and it suggested going outside to play or for a walk after dinner (or tea, depending where in the country you are) as this helped. It seemed very strange to me, BUT I was willing to try anything so at about 6pm we would go outside and play for half hour. It worked a treat and everyone on the thread was commenting on it. Will see if I can find it and link.

This is very normal for this age.... Try promising that you'll be back in a few mins - and make sure you do come back - and gradually increase the time you leave until she gets used to it. Then you don't need to worry about when she falls asleep. As long as she's in her bed?

Something else I did with my DD is gradually move out of the room. So I started off sitting on bed for about a week, then on floor next to bed for a week, then in middle of the room for a week, then by the door, then outside the door. She never once complained about it and I was free in a month or so.

Thanks for your replies I will google it that does sound like a good idea especially in this heat. Tonight after she carried on singing I walked out and sat outside her room and she came out a few times I got up and put her back to bed and she eventually got the message stayed in bed and carried on singing and fell asleep took about 45 minutes though!!

So will try walk and sitting outside her room again tomorrow with my phone and be on mumsnet.

Silly me googled cherryjuice and soup!!

Here's the link, doesn't quite fit your prob after all but might still be worth a try -

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/sleep/1217485-Early-waking-revelation

Thank you at this stage I'll try anything

I'm having the same problem with my DS who will be 3 nx wk, he's always slept for 12 hours up until a few wks ago and now will not go to sleep alone so we sit on the edge of his bed until he's asleep which takes roughly 1/2 hour, he then wakes any time from 12 onwards crying for us and will only go off if we sit with him again, then keeps waking through the night! We have recently changed the cot to a cot bed so am sure it's to do with that but what can we do to change this pattern? Any tips greatly appreciated as DH and I are shattered!

Flowers we're having exactly the same problem with our DS who'll be 3 next month. He won't go to sleep without one of us either and has started waking up frequently through the night shouting and wont go back to sleep. His nursery teacher suggested that it could be down to bad dreams and that its quite common with kids of that age. Out of sheer desperation we put the pack a bed he uses on holiday in our room so that he can come through if he wakes up and gets upset (didn't want him to start sleeping in our bed.) I know it is probably a bad habit to get into, but I was at the end of my tether and so far it has worked.