When DT2 first came out of nappies at night, she carried on sleeping through. After a couple of months she started getting up to do a wee every so often - no problem, I can't go all night without going to the loo, so fair enough . But recently, she's started getting up 3 or 4 times a night and always says she's had a bad dream. She comes into our room, and waits for me to wake up, then I take her for a wee (just in case) and put her back to bed. She's a bit of a mummy's girl, so if DH does happen to wake up and take her instead, she cries until I get up and give her a cuddle.
The thing is, I'm a bit dubious about all these 'bad dreams' and think that more often than not, she's just waking up and thinking 'oh I'll go and see mummy and she'll bring me back to bed and give me a cuddle, that'll be nice' . But I can't bear the thought of getting too draconian about it all by forcing her to accept DH putting her back to bed, with the inevitable crying (and therefore waking up DT1 and DD1). If she is having bad dreams then of course I want her to come to me for a comforting cuddle.
We've tried sticker charts and other sorts of incentives for not getting up in the night, but she's not easily swayed by bribery rewards, unfortunately. I suppose I'm just looking for reassurance that it's just a phase and she'll grow out of it soon .