My little girl is 3 1/2 she goes to sleep fine but she often wakes up once in the night and comes through to our bedroom, the other night she said she had a dream about skelons (we found out this meant skeletons!) and now is afraid in her own room which is making it worse. Its hard to find the energy to keep putting her back into her own bed as i am 20 weeks pregnant and working full time and feeling really ill. Any ideas i could try to keep her in her own bed would be great. I want to get this sorted before i have 2 children waking me in the night. Thanks
2007-03-27 20:22:43 · 9 answers · asked by shez 3 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
That is a really good idea starrwoode. She already has her lamp on all night but the skeleton spray thing is definitely worth a go.
2007-03-27 20:44:05 · update #1
get a can of air freshener, make a label with a skeleton on it, and a big hammer or something, and call it skeleton be gone, spray in her closet and under her bed and tell her nothing can get her now, let her spray it if you can, it helps her feel something concrete is being done about her fears, a night light might help too.
2007-03-27 20:31:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I have a little girl the same age. When she goes to bed we make sure the room is clean and closet door is closed. I would NOT leave her lamp on all night! It might be causing her to awake more. Let her fall asleep with it on if needed, but turn it off after she is asleep. (still use a night light) We also did a sticker a night for staying in bed. We put the stickers on a poster in her room so she could look at them when going to sleep or if she awoke. After two weeks she got to pick out a new coloring book. After one month she got to have a flashlight to use if she got scared.
With mine it was bugs. I also suggest that you have a slumber party with her one night. I tried sleeping in my girls room and realized all the noises in the room. I couldn't fall asleep either! We re-arranged the room and replaced the humidifier with a quiet one. This has really helped us.
Don't worry. You will have 2 children waking you up :) The big one will likely be a bit unsettled by the crying at night for a while...Stinks!
2007-03-28 05:22:29 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would take all of her posters down in her bedroom and anything that might look scarey on the wall make sure her curtains are plain and do not have big shapes on them. I would keep telling her that mumm is only next door and you can hear her. If she keeps getting up try putting a stair gate across her door. Buy her a special teddy bear that is only for night time who stays awake all night to look after her. and just keep reassuring her that you would never let anything get her. Check out what she is watching on the television or reading about before she goes to be too.
hope that helps
2007-03-31 04:35:37 · answer #3 · answered by dmbz2000 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-20 02:55:45 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a similar situation with my youngest. She was terrified of monster under the bed, ghosts in the cupboard, you name it.
What I did was give her room a really good tidy up one day with her with me and told her that all the cleaning stuff was magic and would make sure that all ghost and monsters stayed away. I then got her to draw some pictures with me using lots of squiggles and told her that these squiggles were monster and ghost language for stay away and when things were written in their own laguage, they had to do what it says and stay away. The first night she tried it on but i reminded her that they couldn't get into he room now because of all the stuff we had done and she was fine.
My sister went through a similar thing too and she cut out loads and loads of pictures of fairies and told her daughter that they were all good fairies who would protect her and she stuck them all around the room.
2007-03-27 23:02:21 · answer #5 · answered by willowbee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
my 4 year old boy was the same try a reward if they stay in there bed, they get a reward, we leave the light on and just dim it till he is a sleep, it took us a bit of time but i think we have cracked it fingers crossed we have a 2 year old and my wife is 8 months pregnant
2007-03-28 09:24:21 · answer #6 · answered by danny t 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That is a brilliant idea! Theres going to be a serious amount of parents getting good sleep now hopefully including myslef!
2007-03-27 20:34:01 · answer #7 · answered by Goatboy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is apprehensive about your health and the new baby's arrival. Maybe make her a cot in your room she can lay down on if she gets up in the night.
2007-03-27 20:32:08 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calpol............
2007-03-27 20:36:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋