Dd has just turned 2. She's never been a great sleeper, but she has slept through a few times. Although these ones often meant early rising. She also used to go to bed well, but in the last few months that has deteriorated too. I'm going mad.
Bedtime- she screams hysterically, and has made herself sick with it. She was doing this in cot and I was lying next to cot. She's now in bed and does same. I have to lie next to bed, which was taking about 20-30 mins but is now taking an hour or more! The problem is she shares a room with 4 yr old ds. He is shattered. We don't have any way of giving them their own room. I then have to lie in bed with Dd, which doesn't take as long. But still!
Dd then wakes once or twice in the night. She is not easily settled and takes about 1-1.5 hours to settle, usually ending with me sleeping in her bed with me. Then she wakes up from 5am. I am exhausted.
When she wakes at night she asks for milk (bottle) but rarely drinks it. She gets quite hysterical, screaming. I can't leave her for fear of her waking up ds.
Dh does help, getting up in mornings, and with bits of bedtimes. But she screams for me.
Please help. I know it's ridiculous and I've made these massive rods for my back.