Dd2 is 2 and has always been a good sleeper. since she was born she's been put to bed in her cot in a dark room and settled herself to sleep.
Until last Tuesday!
Last Tuesday when she was put to bed she started crying and then climbed out of the cot, she's never climbed out of the cot before but now she has it down to a fine art.
She cried and cried and cried and was getting herself all upset. We took her back to bed everytime she got up but she just climbed straight back out again. Then she started asking to go sleep in my bed, so I took her to my room, by this time it was 10:30pm, and lay down beside her and she just kept getting up. Eventually I got her to sleep in my bed, at 11:30pm, and then moved her back to her cot once she was asleep. I hoped that this was just a one off but sadly it has gone one every single night since last Tuesday.
I've tried being patient and kind and putting her back to bed. I'd tried getting angry with her, I know not a good tactic but it was getting ridiculous, and still it doesn't work.
We've tried keeping her awake all day in the hopes that she'll be so exhausted that she'll go to sleep but it still doesn't work.
Please Help Me!!!
Dd1 goes back to school next week and I go back to work and I really don't need to still be trying to get a 2 year to bed at 11pm at night when we all have to be up early in the morning.