Guys and gyalls, how can I fix this? 30w pregnant and 4 year old is waking in the night and refusing to go back to sleep in their bed.
It started after I had an injury whilst on holiday and DH bed shared with DC. We then had to stay with family for a week on return which meant more bed sharing. Then when we returned home DH stopped taking DC back to bed when they woke in the night. He just moaned about how little sleep he was getting but let DC into bed. I was still healing and immobile, unable to lead her back to bed but also getting minimal sleep as not enough room/lots of pain/pregnancy 😅 A month later and DC waking at midnight/1am every night and coming into our bed with all the excuses. Scared, too dark, too light. I imagine it’s a bit of separation anxiety and whilst I would love DC snuggled in a ‘bigger’ bed every night, I can’t do in current and would like to make her comfortable in her own bed again before DC2 arrives. She’s never really bed shared unless she has been unwell.
Worth noting that we do have to lie with her in her room after story time until she falls asleep. She used to have preference with me and cry when DH tried to do bedtime but we’re getting a bit better and taking one night each at a time.
Any advice appreciated. It’s 130am and I’ve been sat at the end of her bed for 45 mins trying to get her to nod off. Joke is she goes straight to sleep in my bed 😅