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Two year old doesn't want to sleep

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icantremembermylastusername · 03/01/2022 11:38

Hi all

I’m desperately looking for any tips, advice, words of wisdom! I’m so tired and a complete emotional wreck 🤦🏼‍♀️ (although that may be other things too).

We have been incredibly lucky with our LG and sleep. She always went to bed pretty easily at night and nap time (awake) and slept through the majority of the time (only really waking up when she was poorly). Again, I completely get we were incredibly lucky with this.

Baby no 2 is due at the beginning of March. So we decorated a new big girl room for c with a new toddler bed. I knew it was going to be an adjustment, so we thought to move her over the Xmas break whilst I was off.

She loves her room in the day! Tells everyone about it. But she now hates sleeping if we’re not in the room. The plan was to get her settled and leave the room and come back when she shouted us; hoping that eventually she’d settle. But she screams until she makes her self sick as soon as we get up to leave the room 😢. She’s also waking up every night around 2 and won’t go back to sleep for hours. So we’re just sat for hours with her.

Any tips? Or advice where we’re going wrong? Do we need to toughen up?

Massive thanks in advance!!

Xxx

OP posts:
TinyTeachr · 05/01/2022 13:45

Don't toughen up! Something about the situation is upsetting her, quite deeply if she's actually being sick.
Have you asked her about it? Is she able to tell you about what is bothering her? My DD wanted a nightlight from about this age.

SleepingStandingUp · 05/01/2022 13:47

Lie on her bed in the dark and see what you can see. Any shadows? And furniture that looks looming? Does she have a night light?

In the daylight can you get her to tell you about her room at night?.. But also sympathy cos my twins don't sleep, similar age, wake up ridiculously early and refuse to nap etx.

1940s · 05/01/2022 13:49

Does she still fit in the cot? Mine was very happy in cot until 3 so I didn't bother making the change. Maybe get some nice new blankets she can help choose / a nightlight / a new teddy / will she understand a sticker chart? Don't leave her to cry herself to vomiting that sounds horrific

OnceuponaRainbow18 · 05/01/2022 13:55

A night light?

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