3 yr old still waking up at night ! Help

[Hellobell]

Hi all,

so our daughter is about to turn 3, from about 1yrs of age she was a good sleeper and use to sleep in her room, and then last yr after her 2nd birthday we went traveling around Asia for 3/4 months and she slept with us, sometimes in a cot sometimes in the bed, when we got back she never slept once in her bedroom, she wakes up screaming and needs to be next to us, I have put her cot next to our bed but she still wakes up and says mummy mummy, so I have to get her next to us as she wants to actually feel us, I have a love hate relationship with it as she is getting bigger and the bed isn’t haha also I’m tired now and really not sleeping well, any tips or advice ( not doing any “cry it out” )

thank you

Ugh same. DD turns 3 in a couple of months and was an amazing sleeper until she was ill in October half term, I think that kicked it off, and we let her in bed with us and it’s just been hell since. She’s in a toddler bed and that didn’t help! She’s good and doesn’t get out of bed much but just screams multiple times a night. Me and DH take turns sleeping on her floor as we want her used to being in her own bed rather than coming into ours.

Our oldest spent about 4 months sleeping on our floor around the same age - he had a little nest of duvets and cushions and would accept that as DH again didn’t want him in our bed. Might try that with DD!

No advice, my 3 year old wakes at night too…generally only once and then comes into our bed and sleeps til morning. He knows this is the norm in our house so there is no distress/lack of sleep - he’s just perfectly welcome to come in with us.

He goes to bed in his room at the start of the night (one of us stays with him until he’s asleep though).

Just solidarity really that it’s fine to let the grow out of it when ready. Get a bigger bed, our super king is great and we have a 1 year old in the bed too (always an adult between children fit safety).

This is what me and my partner said we were like let’s get a bigger bed 😂 I never want any of my kids to be scared alone at night so we do have an open door policy it’s just everyyyyy night with her haha but she is our planned last baby and she’s the most cuddley attached little girl so it’s been hard ❤️ thank you