2 year old wakes up every single night

[Quarky]

Hi there,

I wonder if any of you can offer any advice. My 2 year old wakes in the night every single night. She has done this ever since she was born so it is not just a phase. At the moment she is just waking up once, about 2am or 3am. She is still in a cot so she wakes up, cries, I go in her room, tuck her back in, give her her pacifier and stay with her for 5 mins or so before returning to bed.
I got her a new monitor with a night light which seemed to do the trick for a few nights, then she was back to waking up crying every night. It is really getting me down. I am the one who gets up because my DH works and I'm at home with her during the day.
Please, does anyone have any similar experience? How can I resolve it? Will it go on forever?? I'm so fed up 😭

Anyone?

We had this with2 year old DS, only thing that helped was moving him into a single bed. The mattress was much thicker and more comfortable than his cot mattress (which he was on in a toddler bed before) and helped him sleep more deeply. He still has the odd bad night however, I put it down to either hunger or having an over stimulating day.

Didn't want to read and run. DS has done this ever since 1 month after moving him in to toddler bed at 2 years old (so his cot with the bars removed). He goes through phases of it being terrible (3 times a night getting up) to not at all for a few days. Have tried EVERYTHING bribes, treats, telling him off, sticker charts, new big boy quilt and special bedding he chose himself... nothing has worked. He's now just turned 3 so has been doing it for 11 months on and off. He often now takes to sleeping on our bedroom floor randomly in the night! Frustrating and tiring at times but I've accepted that it's a phase & he's unlikely to be doing it when he's 13 lol. Sorry no other advice to give. x

She'll grow out of it eventually, but it may take a while. DD was 4 (years) old before she slept through the night. At that age she was waking several times. We have a second mattress in her room, and one of us sleeps there (even now) as it maximises sleep - there's someone there if she wakes, and neither of us has to wake up enough to get up to go through to her room.

Sorry if that isn't very encouraging...

My DS did this every single night around the same time. Would tote his covers into our room and climb in bed with us.
It wasn't a massive deal but with him spread out in the middle of the bed we didn't get a great nights sleep.
I think when the temperature dropped in the early hours he was getting cold and that woke him.
He never liked sleeping bags but I found a kind with feet called Slumbersac. Got one and it solved the problem- sleeps through every night 🙌

Pollysproggle that sounds interesting, I'll look that up. Anything is worth a try.

That doesn't sound too taxing tbh, my 3.5 year old wakes crying or having a nightmare about 3-6 times a night since he was tiny and is often inconsolable, one quick wake up to tuck her in sounds like bliss. She'll grow out of it eventually.

My three year old wakes up and gets in with me every night. If I settle him back in his bed it doesn't last so I don't bother. My almost 18m old ends up in here too. I'm really really tired. To the point I can't fact forcing them back in as it least this way I can stay in bed. I'm really tired though did I say that. Probably the key is to keep doing what you're doing til she grows out of it but I feel for you. It's not fun.