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XP: Desperate Need of Sleep Help!!!

Daisy166Daisy166 member
in Toddlers: 12 - 24 Months

I also posted this on the Sept 2011 board..

I don't know what's going on with DD or what to do. Maybe it's a phase but DD has been waking in the middle of the night usually around 2am and she cries and screams until I go in and pick her up. I tried just letting her cry but after 1/2 hour I could not handle it. I think it made it worse because she had gotten her self so worked up that it took 2 hrs to get her to go back to sleep. So last night she woke up at 1am, I went in after 5 min, picked her up and sat with her in the glider for about 20 min. She fell asleep and I put her back in her crib. She then woke at 5 am ready to play! I don't think she's teething and she had the ear tubes put in 2 weeks ago so don't think it's the ears. I think she just wants me to hold her and I don't know how to break the habit. It's very exhausting for both my hubby and I as we have to get up at 6 am to get ready for work. She is so loud and wakes my 5 year old. Plus her nursery is in our master so I can't even ignore it if I wanted to! Any advice??? Thank you :)

Oh and DD goes to bed great every night by 7:30 pm.  I put her in her crib awake and she's out in 10 min. 

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Re: XP: Desperate Need of Sleep Help!!!

  • VenuschildVenuschild member
    It's probably not what you want to hear, but as long as she's not sick I would let her CIO.  Do you have a guest room for you to sleep in?  Pull out couch?  That's what I would suggest until she figures out that you are not going to get her each time...It would be hard the first few times but eventually she will figure out how to soother herself back to sleep.
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  • namara5532namara5532 member
    Ruling out teething or another kind of sickness, I tend to agree with PP. She will continue to cry until you stop going to her.
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  • Aurora_BorealisAurora_Borealis member

    I know this is the opposite of what is usually recommended for sleep issues, but have you tried a later bed time?

    We recently switched my 15-month old's bedtime from 7 to 8 because she kept waking up earlier and earlier to the point that she was ready for the day at 4 or 5 in the morning. Once we made the switch to the later bedtime she was back to sleeping until 6:45.


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  • tbmadeamistaketbmadeamistake member
    My sister had similar issues with her son around that age.  She started by making sure he was in his own room.  Once he couldn't see her at night it was much easier (not sure if your LO can see you from her crib, you said it was in your master).  Then she just went to standing outside his door and letting him know that she was there and loved him but that it was still time for sleeping.  It took a week or two but he figured it out and now, if he does wake up, he puts himself back to sleep fairly quickly without waking up the rest of the house.  GL!

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