please help, my kid stopped sleeping

Littledeer84

in the last week we have gone from sleeping 10 to 11 hours a night to 4 or 5 interrupted hours. I am going crazy...my h is working 2 jobs right now and is gone a lot, I just feel really defeated. Do kids normally do this? Would it be worth a pedi visit? I feel like they can't help much but I am desperate.

Littledeer84

at 3 am I am so tempted to do that. Do you go to bed with her initially, or does she start in her bed and end up in your bed? it seems like dd and I are in a battle from the time I put her in pjs until my alarm goes off at 6 am.

Littledeer84

thanks. right now we leave her door open, but with a gate up. I am thinking of either letting her get into bed with me, or setting up an air mattress in her room and laying in her room with her as she goes to sleep.

studyinpink

I'm on mobile so I can't see how old your LO is. We bed shared with our first til 18 months because that was how we all got sleep.

Then we moved her to a mattress on the floor in her room with us rocking her to sleep. She would STTN for the most part until a month before DD2 was born.

We then did modified cry it out a couple weeks ago (she turned two yesterday) because she was getting up so much and DH was basically sleeping with her for a couple weeks.

She has since gone to sleep on her own at naps and bedtime with no wake ups at night. I would never had thought we would do sleep training but I was at the end of my rope with fighting her to get to sleep/ stay asleep and dealing with a newborn.

We are still in awe for every sleep time that she just gets into bed and says night night and smiles.

Do what works for everyone to sleep!

Littledeer84

thanks @Stephpinkd. she is 3 in a few months. sleep has always been hit and miss with her. the first year was hell, next 18 months were ok, and since we moved to the big girl bed we are back to hell. I just need this to pass for my sanity.

studyinpink

I totally understand. We are kinda just waiting for the other shoe to drop.

Her sleep has been so crappy from the very first night she was born.

Hope this phase passes for you quickly!

stoneycakes

I don't know if this is true for you, but the weather has been turning colder here and since we've stopped running the AC unit in DS's room, his sleep has gotten noticeably crappier.  I just went out and got a white noise machine today and I already noticed an improvement in his afternoon nap.