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HELP-sleep issues

weberm05weberm05 member
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I don't  know what is wrong all of a sudden with my 28 month old.  She was such a good sleeper.  I put her to bed...she'd go right to sleep...

 This past week she is scared of everything.  Her nightlight was casting a shadow on her ceiling....she freaked out.  We turn it off. She freaks out.  Just keeps crying she's scared, she's scared.  I don't know if she's having nightmares or what.

 DH slept on the floor in her room last night.  Got about 2 hrs of sleep. She kept waking up constantly saying she was scared.

Any advice...how to handle this and get it better.  We are one tired family today.  I don't know how DH is going to function at work :(

 Please help!

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  • technigirltechnigirl
    Could it be that she has learned that telling you she's scared will get her the attention she wants?  I have a 29 month old and she is often "indecisive" like this too.  What I do is give her a choice (i.e., nightlight on or off)?  Then I l
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  • weberm05weberm05 member

    imagetechnigirl:
    Could it be that she has learned that telling you she's scared will get her the attention she wants?  I have
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  • shawshaw
    My little guy has had some sleeping trouble since about 22 months.  I lay down with him as he falls asleep and that seems to help.  However, it's been taking about 2 hours lately!?!?!  I am hoping this is just a phase!  GL
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  • logoz80logoz80
    Is she in a crib or a bed? If she's still in the crib, it may be time to move to a big girl bed. 
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  • wedseptwedsept member
    This happened to my LO around the same age too.  The pedi told me that it is very common for 2-3 year olds to have nightmares.  She told me to go shopping with her and buy a stuffed animal she picks out.  I told her that the stuffed animal
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  • abeer26abeer26
    I do not think this is or attention. My DD she will be three in July has had some rough sleep issues from the time she was two all the way up until now. Most recent is the nightmares and being scared and at this point we just try a glow stick that has mag
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  • honeybee111honeybee111 member
    DD is almost 3.5 and she went through this a little bit before she turned 3.  She said she was scared of the dark, so now she goes to sleep with her closet light on, which makes her room still dim, but not pitch black.  She also has a bunch of s
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  • technigirltechnigirl
    imageweberm05:

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  • JocelynB0911JocelynB0911 member

    I have been a lurker on this board for a bit now so theres that :)

    DD went through this at about that age and was even freaked when I told her that God was always watching over her.

    For us, we gave her a few of her stuffed animals and

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