2.2 dd sleep gone to pot

[mrsmoomoopoopoo]

My dd is 2.2 yrs old and is normally a great sleeper.
Her normal routine is bath at 6.45 and then in bed for 7.15. We put her in toddler bed awake and she gets herself off to sleep in about 15 minutes and wakes anything from 6.30- 7.30am the next morning.

BUT.....for the past week her sleep has been awful. She is waking several times in the night, getting out of bed and standing at her gate shouting for us. We've had to sit with her each night until she falls asleep otherwise she gets straight out of bed and it is taking her about an hour to fall asleep. Then she's up every couple of hours and they only way to get her back to sleep is if we go lay with her in her bed until she falls back off.

I've tried explaining to her that getting out of bed is naughty and that she must stay in bed but clearly it's not working.

She has been in her toddler bed for 6 months now so it's not as if she's only just learnt that she can get out of bed.

We think she is scared which is why she is getting out of bed. We've put a night light in her room but that's not helping.

What do we do?

I'm worried that if we continue sitting with her until she goes to sleep that she will become reliant on us. But if we don't she would just be up all night.

And then how do we stop her from getting out of bed throughout the night?

Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Oh I feel for you OP. I know it’s hard but have you tried cutting out her nap? My little one was about her age when she would still sleep in the day, but would then fanny around at bedtime til about 9pm every night. So then one day I kept her up and she did surprisingly well all day, and now she goes to sleep at 6.30pm until around 7.30-8am. Worth a try? It’s so difficult I totally sympathise with you x

Mine was up at 1:30 too. I just plonked him on our bed and woke up every half and hour just enough to say "lie down, go to sleep".

I feel your pain.

Organise some bedding so you can sleep on her floor. It’s a phase and at least you will both get some sleep. It might last for a week or for a couple of months but it will help. Alternate night with your husband so you both get some sleep. It doesn’t last forever, it just feels like it will while you’re living it.