27 month old sleep regression due to new baby

Amandelic · August 2013

DD always sttn with the help of sleep training\cio at eight months. Our soon to be one month old dd sleeps in her crib in our room. My two year old at first was waking at night and crying. I had help from my mom then who would put dd in our guest bedroom bed so we all got sleep. then it moved to tantrums in the middle of the night so H would take her back to her bed and sleep beside her. Now when she cries we just stick her in our bed bc of the disruption. last night she would not sleep in our bed period. if this behaviour was taking place before we had baby #2 i would have just done cio. should i do that again? it just seems cruel and the reason why we give in id bc we are tired. please help and tia.

Amandelic · August 2013

sorry... sleep in HER bed period

ncbelle · August 2013

Her world has been rocked by the arrival of a new baby and she needs reassurance from you

I'm not a CIO fan in general but I would certainly comfort her so that she knows you are still her mama too. And make sure she gets one on one time with both parents daily which should help. Another solution is to make her a pallet to sleep on in your room if she wakes at night.

Kids of all ages go through wakeful periods for all sorts of reasons; she will go back to sleeping on her own eventually.

zoenikomom · October 2013

I have four LOs myself, and I do understand what you are going through! Having a new baby in the house is a very exciting time for older siblings, but it can certainly also make them momentarily question the continuation of their own importance in your life. Maybe I am the wrong person to answer this...I'll be up front in that I practiced attachment parenting with all for of my kids

Whenever I brought "the new baby" home, we went back to a family bed for at least a few months. I found that it really helped encourage the bond between the siblings - and it also addressed sny potential sibling jealousy before it had a chance to rear its head. I wish you all the luck in the world!

rayandbrit · October 2013

We are going through the exact same thing & went through the same thing with our oldest when DD#2 was born. In an attempt to get as much sleep as possible, we just bring DD#2 in our bed when she starts crying in the middle of the night. She's tried to throw a fit a couple times about being in our bed, but we just say "our bed or your bed" & she realizes those are her two options, eventually gives up the fight & goes to sleep.

We'll eventually start the process of getting her back in her bed at the middle of the night, but we're not up for the challenge just yet. For now, we just grab her, put her in with us & everyone goes right back to sleep happy.

I think it's all part of the two year old age & new baby, b/c with my oldest it eventually passed on its own.

GL!

BelhurstBride · October 2013

DD1 went through a sleep regression at 27 months as well. It could have nothing to do with being a new sibling; I'd just let it run its course.

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