hi, my DD has just started regularly waking in the night.
She's an early riser (5am consistently from birth!) and whilst she's been a bit poorly with teething associated illnesses, we've been bringing her into bed with us from 5am so that we can all have a bit more rest. the problem is now that she's better we've continued this bad practice and now she's a nightmare in bed at 5am, sticking fingers up our noses and generally being wide awake! so, we're back to getting up at 5am rather than bringing her into bed as there really isn't any benefit. this i can handle, but she's now also waking up at 2am crying.
i've gone in and rubbed her back to try and resettle her, and this makes her LIVID! she screams and cries, and almost drags me into the cot with her! so, we've left her for 10mins, and then gone in and comforted her, then laid her back down, and again, BANANAS! last night she cried for an hour in total! i feel so bad leaving her, but if we go in to her, she's gets more upset!
i don't know what to do. i worry she's not getting enough rest as she's only sleeping for an hour in the day at nursery. i'm also constantly tired and susceptible to every bug and cold going around. i go to bed at 9pm most nights, and i'm still not getting decent rest. i am so ratty and moany about my sleep, just don't know what to do. any ideas, please help.....