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How can i get dd2 to stay asleep in her room?

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PelvicfloornomoreChocolate · 02/04/2007 22:54

Most of the time dd2(14months) will go down in her own room no problem but every night she will wake up ,any time between 10pm and 2am screaming and wont stop until i bring her into my bed,she soon settles.I don't leave her to cry for long because i don't want her to disturb dd1 and we have very thin walls so it isn't fair on the neighbour's either.
Now the morning's are getting lighter i am finding that she is waking very early as well.She would sleep longer in her own room a s it has a blackout blind.
I'm not sure what i can do?
Help!i would love a full nights sleep

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PelvicfloornomoreChocolate · 03/04/2007 19:50

Anyone?

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CadburyCremeSquonk · 03/04/2007 19:51

No advice about keeping her in her own room, but could you get a blackout blind for your window as well?

NutterlyUts · 03/04/2007 19:51

Would cuddling her in her bed (assuming its a bed and not a cot) and then when she's asleep leaving her work? Repeating if necessary

PelvicfloornomoreChocolate · 03/04/2007 19:54

Thanks yes will price up a blind but will need to be cheap as we have large windows.
She is in a cot bed still with the sides on so cuddling in her room isn't an option really.

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PelvicfloornomoreChocolate · 03/04/2007 19:55

Meant to add the last two night's she has been moaning despite being in bed with me.

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FurryFox · 03/04/2007 20:09

We have the same problem with our DD. She's 20 months old, still in a cot and normally anywhere between 11pm and 4am will start screaming and screaming until we bring her into our bed when she will usually settle. Even standing by her cot reasuring her won't stop her screaming. If we then try and take her back to her cot she won't have any of it and starts again.

It doesn't happen every night, in fact last night she slept through but the five nights before that she was in our bed by 1am.

So I'm afraid I don't have any advice for you as we are struggling ourselves but just wanted to sympathise with you and it's good to know we aren't alone I hope she starts going through soon, I know how hard it can be

PelvicfloornomoreChocolate · 03/04/2007 20:14

Thanks Furryfox ,it's good to know we aren't alone.
I'm just so tired all the time and to make it worse i have an eye condition that makes them really dry and sore so not having much sleep doesn't help.
This has been going on for ages now

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FurryFox · 03/04/2007 20:48

DD has never been a good sleeper. She first slept through the night at 7 weeks and I was so proud, thought I must have the perfect child how wrong was I. It lasted for about 5 weeks until she got a chest infectection and hardly ever slept through again although it never used to be as bad as she just wanted comforting in her room then would let us go.

She finally strated going through the night regularly at around Christmas time, about a year after her chest infection and the night waking started but again it didn't last long and now for the last 2 months or so the screaming and crying has started and she's needed to come into our room.

She's our only child at the moment but we are ttc no2, sometimes I wonder why because although dd is a wonderful little girl and usually so good the night times are just so hard. I never thought she would be coming up to two and still not sleeping through. There are times when I just cry because I'm so exhausted and I just need to sleep.

I'm sure it will get better and one day they will finish this phase and will sleep through, I just hope it's soon

PelvicfloornomoreChocolate · 03/04/2007 20:54

dd2 started out the same as your dd and i too thought hey what a good baby i have[stupid].
I should have known better because i thought the same with dd1 who slept through till she was 18months old and then became a nightmare ,up and down all night and this continued pretty much until i had dd2.

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