Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months
Last night was a nightmare! HELP!
Is he traumatized??? Will it go back to normal?? Hubby and I had a wedding so left our 15 month old with a babysitter (someone he knows!) . As predicted, he refused to go to sleep with her and finally fell asleep at 9pm (bedtime is usually 6:30). When I got home at 11:30, he cried for half hour every time I tried to leave the room. Finally fell asleep at midnight and awoke again at 3am screaming for us. We came in, reassured him that we were not leaving but to no avail. Long story short, after desperate attempts of laying him down again about 10 times, rocking him (fell asleep only to awake and cry when returned to crib), bringing him into our bed - he cried until 5:30 am when he fell asleep on my husband. To add to the drama, he's learned to throw out his giraffe lovey knowing that WE know that he won't/can't fall asleep without it. Any ideas??? Do I let him scream in mid of night? If he throws out his lovey, do I bring it back to him or force him to fall asleep without it????
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Re: Last night was a nightmare! HELP!
I agree. My DD has that happen every now and then also. As far as throwing out the loveyI would just let him CIO for that. That's a way of acting out and I don't put up with that. DD did that twice and I was not going get it. She learned if she throws it out she's out of luck!
Yeah this. Just do your bedtime routine as normal and see how it goes. Sorry your LO had such a tough time