My 2 year old won't sleep

[Amykilcullenxo]

My daughter was always been a great sleeper. A few months ago we moved back into my parents as we are buying a house in the next few weeks. Her cot bed is in the same room as us at the moment. Some nights she will go to sleep fine and sleep until morning but more often that not she won't go to bed until 11pm & gets up at 3am. I have tried cutting out her nap. Extending her nap - currently about 1 hour. But if she doesn't get her nap she will only sleep till around 1am. When she gets up she will ask for a drink which is fine but she then cry's for mummy's phone to watch paw patrol she doesn't settle until she has this. I have tried putting the tv on changing the subject. Changing the subject.. letting her cry. If I do give her my phone she will happily watch until 8am in the morning. Please help - I'm 21 weeks pregnant and my eyes are nipping with this determined little girl.

My 2 year old is a nightmare sleeper if he's not in his own room for holidays etc. Plus probably being unsettled away from home/his own bed.

Made the mistake twice post 6 months old of sharing a room with him for a week on holiday, just sees me as soon as he stirs and won't go back to sleep. Both horrendous weeks of sleep. We find then he is so overtired it makes him wake/struggle to settle and the cycle continues.

I have no specific advice, only sympathy as it's awful, but hopefully this isn't a long term problem.

Oh dear, poor you! Hopefully this will resolve once you've moved, maybe having you there is just too tempting for her? Giving her the phone doesn't sound like a great way to get her back to sleep as it sounds pretty stimulating, but I can see why you've resorted to this. Hopefully when she's got her own room again in your new house you'll be able to get back to old routine and shift this problem. In the meantime, sending hugs your way!