Hi,
Just looking for advice. I have DD who is 2.5 and DS who is 5 weeks.
DD has always been a great sleeper and until recently has slept in sleeping bag in her cot from 7.30 or 8 to 6.30ish.
When I was in labour her granny had to put her to bed and ended up having to lie on the floor next to the cot until she went over to sleep. She seemed to forget about this for a couple of weeks after I got home but for the last 2 weeks she has cried at bedtime until we do the same.
This in itself hadn't been much of an issue as she usually goes over quickly, but the last 2 nights she has woken at midnight/2am wanting us to do the same.
We did controlled crying with her when she was (much) younger which worked great and tried this again last night. She screamed every time we went out if the room and didn't settle for 2.5 hours (with us going in every 2 mins).
We decided tonight to transition to toddler bed as DH is off worn for a month so we'd prefer just to get it done now (while she's not sleeping anyway). Plus she was expressing this morning that she was a big girl and didn't want to sleep in the sleeping bag "like a baby".
I guess my question is, do we do what she wants and lie in there with her when she gets upset, or try to persist with making her fall asleep alone?
Things are generally up in the air with new baby and she has been Understandably out of sorts for the last few weeks. Has anyone got experience of similar things that just cleared up when older sibling got used to new baby being around?