Pregnancy Info HOME

maybe she is having nightmares? or maybe she is sick? teething?

No she's been doing this for a month now or longer but it wasn't every single night like it has been this month. We thought she was having night terrors but sometimes it does not seem like it cause she acts awars of what is going on. She also fights me when I go to put her in bed the first time. She has all of her teeth and she might have a little cold but nothing serious.

How is the new daycare going? Do you have any cause for concern there?

The new daycare is going, she has only been there almost 2 weeks. This week she has not cried but today but I think it's because she got bit yesterday by a little girl. No, they have cameras and my husband stops by whenever he can cause he works in the same town. I actually trust them more than I did her in-home care provider. Well I think what I am going to try tonight is just stay in bed and see what she does when she comes out into the living room. The living room is right outside our bedroom. We'll see if she goes back into her room and back to sleep or what she does. Have any of you tried putting a child proof door thing on the inside of their door? Another mother brought that up to my husband saying she had to do that. I just don't know if I can.

Hi there, my wee girls 2.5 also and we go through phases. Sometimes she sleeps all night other times she shouts and when we go in it's "hiya mummy", not amusing at 3am!. Do not what ever you do take her in beside you, have heard many a horror story about this! I think there is a lot going on in your wee ones life right now and its prob a phase you need to ride out. She may just not understand why she is seeing a bit less of you both. Best advice I can give is to make sure that the days you are spending together, make sure it is quality time you get together, trust me I know this is not possible all the time but a bit extra security/cuddles may help. My wee ones still in her cot, planning on putting her in bed come the summer and will def be putting gate up at her door, i worry she gets up and we dont hear and wee fingers could b into anything!Nursery is great thing, I wish i had ours in bit younger, my husband and I working full time too jst now but I work 12hr shift leavin me with good few off,Ijust try involve her in evrythin so she feels included(even with crappest of jobs)gave her duster last week and we had great fun cleaning!(I know so sad but i got housework done without feelin guilty about not using my time with her, with her!)Good luck, let me know!x

Roma love your post thank you so much!! I am thinking about putting hte baby gate up this weekend and letting her cry it out but I was also thinking of putting a walkie talkie in there so I can talk to her telling her its okay go to bed and back to sleep and she won't see me but she'll hear my voice. Do you think that would be a good idea or should I stay out of sight and hear? What do you all think of the supernanny process instead of cry it out method? suggestions please I need some sleep without her. Right now I am sleeping in her full size bed just to get her to sleep and so we all can have sleep but I know I have to stop it.

Oh dear, youv got yourself in a fine position ha!dont worry though itl be tough breaking the habit and getting her used to sleeping by herself but at that age theyr very adaptable and shel get there, sure, youl have worst few nights of your life but itl be soso worth it!Im not sure about the voice thing,I dont think itd work for my wee girl but only because I know shed end up getting me into conversation with her and getting her worked up when I want to be winding her down, but you know yours better than anyone so sure it wont do any harm if you want to give it a try.Supernanny technique big debate in my house, i firmly believe in it, I go in 1st time, say "love you nightnight" then 2nd time I say "rosa bedtime" then after that i say nothing even when she chucks her dummy,comforter bunny and dollys out cot at opposite sides of room!"hubby on other hand cant stop himself giving her into trouble but this then it ends up in conversation and a tantrum(from either one of them!)and delay in sleep. Some nights im in and out 4-10 times but it eventualy works and Iv got rest of night to relax(who am I kidding rest of night to do ironing, laying out her clothes, tidying mess created by mini-me and hubby that he apparently does not see-should have a forum about men and problems they causehaha!)Just think, one day wel look at our stroppy teenager and wish this was the only prob we had to deal with. Im potty training next week during annual leave, dreading it, fingers crossed there are not too many puddles!x

Okay so I found out she has a ear infection but I don't think she's had it this entire time but who knows. She is on augmentin and still waking up at between 11:30 & 12 adn then again at 5. Now she's not waking up crying cause I don't hear her until I hear her whining at my bedroom door. I need some suggestions on what I should do to get her to sleep all through the night again. My doctor told me to put a baby gate up at her door and let her cry but my opinion on that is that I shut her door at night not completely but most of the way because we have 2 cats that might wake her up. So if I put the baby gate up she's going to open her door and be like "what" when she see's the baby gate. So what should I do? I wish she was still in a crib sometimes cause it would be a lot easier I didn't have trouble letting her cry when I knew we all needed some sleep, but now she can just get out of her bed and come into ours. She doesn't come in all the way though she will stand at my doorway. Please help I have had a month of no sleep and I need some desperately.. Every night I go to sleep I am hoping that this will be the night. Thank you!

I know this sounds soo much easier than is done but think this is one your gonna have to ride out. Infections can cause all kinds of reactions, especially in wee people! It may just be a bad coincidence but infection def wont help. It can cause her temp to rise,bad dreams, antibiotics may be making her feel rotten too(tummy upsets) I'd give her some calpol before bed, the paracetamol in it will keep her temp down, help reduce aches from her ear and can make her sleepy too so it might get her sleeping through night, we went through phase of giving it to Rosa every night for her teeth, then i read some research that said it can cause some long term effects in children if over used e.g Asthma but it's pretty safe as long as it's not forever-it's a god send for us sometimes!I think you'll only be able to tackle the sleeping prob properly when the acute problem of infections sorted out, one thing at a time and all that but believe me I've had many nights like what your going through and evrythin always feels so much worse through the night and knock on effect into daytimes awful,trying to function without much sleep is no good! If after infection cleared up and stil havin probs why dont you drag cot back out, know it'll feel like going step back with her progress but it cant do any harm for few months until shes wee bit older.We were going to try Rosa in big girls bed soon but think im going to leave it until near end of summer, get potty training out way first, plus I know for a fact there aint no way on this earth I could truat her to stay put in it! Will hear how you go, good luck,keep fingers crossed for good nights sleep. If all else fails why not pre arrange an overnight stay for her at grans,aunty/uncle close friend etc, be wee adventure for her and break for you!x