My daughter has always been an amazing sleeper and has always had the same routine of bath, story and is in bed from 7.00pm to 7.00am. Last week she started screaming hysterically whenever I put her to bed and starting climbing out of her cotbed. We've taken the side off her cot but things have got even worse. She sleeps until about 12.00 then runs out of her room crying. This happens all through the night until about 5.30, then shes grumpy and uncontrollable all day. I've tried putting her in her bed with no eye contact but she acts as though she is petrified of me leaving and wont stay in bed. I try putting her back immediately but shes up and out of bed crying before i can get out of the bedroom door. She always seems really scared when she wakes and it takes a long time to settle her back down. I am now at the end of my tether having had only 5 hours of sleep over the past 4 nights. Any ideas or suggestions?
2007-10-16 14:02:30 · 8 answers · asked by Julie G 1 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Toddler & Preschooler
My daughter is 26 months old and I went through exactly the same thing. Taking the sides off her Cotbed helped briefly but the problem came back! I tried the same things as you, not talking or making too much contact, put back into bed time after time, but it did no good until I ended up so tired, I cried night after night. It was a battle every night and I felt useless. I decided against all the good advice and put a television on in her room on a timer showing a Channel on Sky call BabyTV Channel 623. It is amazing. After 8pm it shows continous shapes and colours and lullabies until 6am, aimed exactly at children who cannot sleep! It's a miracle. I have even Video Taped this channel through the night. I know people say TV is stimulation, but this is not, and those 'so called experts' aren't up all night and having to keep going as a happy mum all day too! It has made her room a much calmer place to be and she is happy. Its not easy and you must do what you can! Good Luck. I hope this helps! x
2007-10-17 11:36:03 · answer #1 · answered by Judy M 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like maybe she's having a nightmare or something. Definitely don't put her to bed without eye contact, she'll think you are abandoning her and that will make it worse. If this persists, you should contact a doctor because it may be night terrors rather than just a nightmare, but I am not a professional and I do not know. I included a link below. Hopefully all will work itself out, and she just may have had a bad dream and is afraid of abandonment right now. Perhaps you could let her sleep with you when she runs in your bed if she's having these fears? Good luck!
2007-10-16 14:22:35 · answer #2 · answered by new SA mama 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please don't try the 'no eye contact' again, the poor child seems upset enough and she needs her mum. Has her day-time routine changed? - Are you potty training her, or has there been something new introduced into her life? - Another child/baby/TV/pet? The world is still new to her and a frightening place. Does she have a night light and a favourite cuddly toy she could take to bed. Give her a warm bath with some drops of lavender oil in it, read her a story and stay until she sleeps. If she gets up put her back to bed shushing and soothing her stroking her head until she drops off again. It could be something frightening her, a tree by her window, shadows, noises giving her bad dreams. If you're still no better off then see your doctor. Good luck
2007-10-16 14:26:43 · answer #3 · answered by merciasounds 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When she wakes I would go into her room and cuddle her to sooth her telling her its ok mummys here, do this for 5 or 10 mins. Then say to her that she has to go to sleep nowand that in the morning when she wakes up maybe a trip to the park or to go and feed the ducks, something she likes to do so it gets her mind off of what she was dreaming of before she wakes up. Bringing her into your bed at night may seem like a quick fix solution to a good nights sleep but will end up making things even worse as she will want this every night.
2007-10-16 21:27:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
has something in the room spooked her .try putting her in your bed at night to eliminate the room,try also lying beside her until she has fallen asleep,
one trick I did with my daughter was lie beside her till she nodded off I did this for a while then started doing the time less by sayin i needed the toilet and would be back in a minute and just standing outside her room.
maybe a nightlight in the room could help her sleep.
try doing bedtime as late as possible till she cant even stay awake but when awake its just sit beside you time not a run around playing time.
2007-10-16 14:22:44 · answer #5 · answered by Nutty Girl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer think of an 8 month previous bottle fed toddler rather desires that plenty at evening, this is she is waking herself up attempting some new potential like status crawling and so on. yet now she is probable used ot having a bottle to circulate lower back to sleep. attempt soothing her without a bottle, does she have a pacifier? attempt to soother her interior the main boring way accessible, in case you could-rub her lower back at the same time as she in nevertheless in her mattress. progressively shrink the evening feedings. stable luck.
2016-10-09 09:17:59 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
maybe she's scared of something in her room? super nanny says put the child back to bed n kiss n hug 3 times and after that just put her back to bed without saying anything
2007-10-17 02:47:40 · answer #7 · answered by loopy_elmo69 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
perhaps she is eating too late before bed or that she is eating the wrong food.But give here a hot drink 30 mins before settling her down and make sure she uses the toilet.Dont keep her too warm and her own body heat will generate a comfortable environment.Always remember we are what we eat.
2007-10-16 14:14:44 · answer #8 · answered by realdolby 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋