Hello, I hope I’m posting in the right place. Dd has just turned 3 and she’s a little joy. Mad as a box of frogs and the love of our lives. I work full time so she’s in nursery 4 days and with grandparents (my mum and dad) 1 day. She adores her grandparents - waits by the window when she knows they’re coming and never wants to leave them. We just have a problem with sleepovers/them putting her to bed.
She used to stay at their house as a baby/young toddler and always slept pretty well. Then, when she was about 2.5 she stayed there one night and refused to sleep - crying for me and her dad and wouldn’t settle. We were away so couldn’t do much about it. I haven’t tried another sleepover as I don’t want to distress her or put unnecessary stress on my mum (it only used to happen once every 3-4 months anyway). Since then, my mum has been babysitting at our house but now DD is refusing to let my mum put her to bed in her own room. The last two times dd has lost the plot at bedtime and refused to sleep (she’s an expert at resisting sleep - has been since she was tiny and has never been a great sleeper). She’s been in her own cot/bed since 6 months and is absolutely fine when her dad or I put her to bed.
I stopped the sleepovers as it was clearly upsetting her but I don’t think it’s unreasonable to be able to go out once in a while and have mum mum (who she adores) put her to bed. My questions is, has anyone been through something similar? Did you manage to resolve it? Do you have any tips?
thank you xx
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Anothersleepdeprivedmum · 12/04/2024 20:48
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Pinklilly · 12/04/2024 22:15
Have you considered doing bedtime together with your mum/dad? So your daughter has both of you putting her to bed and maybe do that a couple of times and then trial your mum doing it on her own.
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