We’ve been having a terrible time with my 3.5yo’s sleep for about the past 6m... taking a long time to go to sleep, and then waking in the night and being awake for 1-2 hours. Started when I was heavily pg with twins who are now 6m, so all very understandable, but it’s really reaching a peak the past few weeks with the very light evenings. My DH is going back to work after 3m off, in the next few weeks and we just aren’t going to be able to deal with her waking as well as the babies every night.
Last two nights I have had success playing her the YouTube video (well, audio) of a hypnotist reading The rabbit who wanted to go to sleep.
She’s usually awful, wriggling around, talking and singing to herself, it jus takes ages for her to switch off. Listening to the story made her lie there quietly and she fell asleep much faster. I was wondering if ther were any other similarly boring stories I could play for her to have the same effect? On CD or doWnloads. They don’t have to be hypnotising! Just dull! We do read to her before bed but she is so interested in her books; asking questions and “reading” the words for us, they don’t seem to relax her at all.
Or would relaxation tracks work at her age?! I loved my pregnancy hypnotherapy CDs!
Thanks in advance...