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Why won't my daughter sleep?

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Evelyn161087 · 09/05/2020 08:08

Hi, can anyone help me please? My daughter just turned 1 at the end of April and she had not slept properly for months now, you used to sleep well when she was younger, it's all changed now. She only naps twice a day for 20 mins at a time, night time is a nightmare too most of the time she goes off well, after quiet time, bottle then bed, she will only go off if I rock her off to sleep, she will usually sleep for about then wake us, usually giving her her dummy is enough for her to go back off again, after that she will wake up ever 1-2 hours, it takes about 20 mins to get her back off again with shhhing and back rubbing, then at 3am ish she thinks it's party time, she wants to be up and entertained it usually takes a lot longer to get her back off, usually by putting her in our bed where she climbs on us a bit then eventually after an hour or so she will fall asleep. (She shares a room with us as we only have 1 bedroom) I've tried putting her in her cot to cry it out, that didn't work she got really scared of someone not being there I don't want to do that again, I've tried bathing her before bed but because she loves a bath so much it wakes her up and it's a struggle to get her off to sleep, the only time I can get her to sleep after a bath is to put her in her pushchair and rock her to sleep ( this is also the only way I can get her to sleep in the day). I've recently bought pillow spray, this doesn't work either, I know she's over tired but I just can't get her to sleep longer in the day, when she's awake she's awake. She also doesn't self soothe or self play, she screams ever time I leave the room and follows me, the only time I get time to myself is the half hour intervals that she sleeps of a night time, can anyone help please Confused

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BernadetteRostankowskiWolowitz · 09/05/2020 08:11

If she is only used to falling asleep whilst being rocked then it stands to reason that she will need rocking every time she wakes.

I think you may need to look at sleep training for night time. The daytime sleeps will improve as the night times do.

SomeoneElseEntirelyNow · 09/05/2020 08:19

Have you thought about trying a sleep consultant? Is there any way she can have a separate sleep space?

Basically, she needs to get used to going to sleep in her cot by herself. There's likely to be a lot of crying while that happens, unless you're very, very gentle over weeks and months, and for that you'll likely need proper help from an expert.

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