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My 2 yo nightmare at bedtime, keeping my 4yo awake!

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MummyH95 · 06/09/2022 20:21

So I have a 2 and 4 yo both girls. Exactly 2 years 5 days apart. My 2 year old is a nightmare, really naughty and fights sleep like mad. My 4 yo will now only settle if I stay with her til she’s asleep, but if my OH is home my 2 yo will want to be with both me and him so she’s constantly in and out of the room where my eldest is trying to get to sleep. They’ll wind each other up too which takes me to square 1. I’ve tried same bed time, different bed times, sharing rooms, keeping separate. If my partner tries to keep my youngest away we have an almighty meltdown to the point of her making herself sick and it’s causing me and OH to fight because we both get so frustrated. We have bath every other night, bed normally by 7.30 or earlier. I just don’t know what to do. Any advice welcome with people in similar positions. I know there’s a 2 year sleep regression and my youngest only turned 2 in July so could be that but it’s not fair on the eldest she’s constantly being kept awake.

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MolliciousIntent · 06/09/2022 20:36

Put a stairgate on the 2yr olds door and let her crack on with it. It is incredibly unfair that she is being allowed to ruin your other child's sleep.

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