Help ! 2 year wimpering in sleep and driving me crazy

[Redwood]

Does anyone have any ideas about this as DH and I are going crazy/arguing. My DD was always an excellent sleeper but after teething got into a bad habit of having a bottle of milk once during the night, I have been gradually diluting it down and it's now about 50% water. However she has just started whining and wimpering in her sleep but not actually waking up. I go to her and resettle her in her bed and she stops for a few hours then it happens again. five times last night...Any suggestions welcome

If she's not waking up, then I'd ignore it and close the door so you can't hear it either.

Thanks Aloha. Very dificult as it is quite loud and wakes both of us up! She has recently gone into a bed from her cot and we have had problems with her moving around and disturbing herself. May use desparate measures and use mild sedation tonight as I have read this can break the habit and everyone then gets a good nights sleep.

I'd say leave her too.
My dd was laughing her head off and talking in her sleep last night!!!.
I think some are just noisy sleepers.
It may just be habit, her body is fast asleep but her subconcious is whispering.'milk-milk'

Hmm, not sure about mild sedation. What do you mean exactly? How come you hear her so clearly? I certainly wouldn't be getting out of bed for a sleeping child though!

Well when I say sleeping she is not actually siting up and saying mummy but just rolling around her bed and moaning! i have her door and my door ajar which are next to each other and I have always woken at the smallest sound since she was tiny - not DH always as i think it's a mother thing. It does seem obvious now I say it to shut both doors, by sedation I mean just some Medised as that has always made her sleep better when she has been teething orhad a cold.
We'll see what happens tonight.

Personally I'd choose a closed door to medication, Redwood. My dd (2 next Sunday ) talks, moans, shuffles etc. all night long most nights too. I lose a lot of sleep as a result because we have to sleep 2 floors away from her (weird flat) so I have a baby monitor which shows up every little sigh but I daren't turn it off as I wouldn't hear a thing from her without it, even if she was yelling. Last night she shouted out: 'mummy, no, mummy, it's too salty down here ...' in her sleep. I've no idea what she was dreaming ... deepsea diving?!

You gotta grit your teeth, stick your fingers in your ears and shut her door for a few nights. She'll learn to resettle herself. Some babies (and some adults! ) are just noisy energetic sleepers. Ds, 4, still 'dreams of milk', as we call it - it's the most revolting sucky lip-smacking sound - and dd, 21m, groans, thrashes, flails her arms, calls out peoples names. Mind you, it must run in the family for us, because dh twitches like he's just been electrocuted, and I laugh and talk and even occasionally thump him- all this while we're sound asleep.

Blimey Prettycandles, your house must be like Paddington Station in the middle of the night

DD started doing half an hour's manic laughter at around 2am when she was 2y3mos. Her afternoon nap had dwindled down to about 45 mins every 2-3 days and we noticed the laughing happened the night after she had slept during the day (still with me? ). We cut out the nap completely, had quiet time after lunch and avoided car trips late afternoon and since then everything has been fine. Could your DD be sleeping too much during the day? If not, then I would agree with Aloha and leave well alone !

It certainly is! Sometimes dh or I wake up because it's too quiet!

my 2yr old very quiet in bed last night - but then he rolled onto shrek who proceeded to frighten the life out of me by shouting (?) IM AN OGRE - GRAB YOUR TORCH AND PITCHFORK!!!!! at 2am. Would prefer a bit of whimpering anyday.