We'd got to a good place with DD and sleep: into cot at bed time, would chat to herself for a little while, then be off till morning. Life was good! About four months ago, she started waking at night. Anything between 1 and 3 times - although this has escalated and we've had a few nights of being up 4 times recently. She variously calls out to have her duvet put back on, her water cup refilled, or just whinge till I go in and shush her. I think she could sort the duvet out herself, often the water cup is still full, and she's lately introduced bogus requests for a nappy change, claiming it's pooey when it isn't. The other night she asked me to move her bed. I literally just wiggled the cot and that was enough. But it's all just dicking about, she doesn't actually need anything. Weirdly, she is very easily satisfied and makes no attempt to keep me in there. I can ruffle the duvet, literally walk out the door with the water cup then walk straight back in and she'll then drift off again within a minute. For this reason, I've kept going in. It's a 90 second job to settle her, and I don't know how to begin fixing this without creating meltdowns at 3am. She is very strong willed!
Bedtime has gone the same way. I'll be in and out 3 or 4 times on these ruses before she finally settles. Again, I don't know how to fix it. I don't want to start arguing with a two year old that her water cup is actually still full - she isn't really responsive to logic!
It's not exactly disastrous in the scheme of things, and I know people deal with far worse. But it's been 4 months now and it's getting worse not better! I'm currently 27 weeks pregnant, and getting up to her 4 times a night while dealing with a new born is going to break me! I just want my good sleeper back.
Any suggestions how to avoid accidentally making things worse. I don't want to go from 4 easy wake-ups to epic meltdowns all night!