I have a 15 month old baby girl sweet as can be but I think I may have created a problem with her sleeping. It started during breastfeeding I found it easier to put her in bed with me. I had her doing pretty well sleeping in her own bed until she got sick and had to have breathing treatments so I brought her downstairs into our bedroom in her own little port a bed. I have tried putting her in her own bed and she will start out there but ends up in bed with me because I finally give in. I have to sleep sometime. She is so restless when she sleeps constantly waking up even when in the bed with us. I think she wakes up for her pacifer? I don't know what to do. I just can't hardly stand to hear her cry especially when she has been sick. Never had this problem before with my other children. I need advice PLEASE!!!
Actually I would ask the daycare if they give her a pacifier when they put her down from the nap. As for her sleeping in your bed, I would try to have her in the port a bed. I honestly don't see in any harm in that. Once she gets secure in that bed and a little older I would try her bed again.
Well, coming from experience (my mom's stories about me)...when I got too used to sleeping with my parents it was harder than ever to get me to sleep in my own bed. And I never had a pacifier, so I don't know if giving her one will suffice her. But if she is used to getting one at the daycare when she goes to sleep then maybe that is her problem, also the port a bed doesnt sound like a bad idea. but also if you have her crying in her own room i agree, the worst that could happen is she will cry herself to sleep.
I'm trying to break my 14 1/2 month old from our bed now. Actually this is something I can blame on my husband...but anyway!! Only break one thing at at time. If she's used to having a pacifier, go ahead and give it to her and try putting her in her crib. The first couple of nights he's woken up around 2am and fussed and we'll bring him in bed with us til he falls asleep and then put him back in his crib. I don't know if this is something we should be doing, but it's working for us. When she takes her nap during the day, put her in her crib, that way she gets used to being in there and if she should ever wake up in the middle of the night she wont be so scared. Have a night light on, and a monitor. She will cry. It's an almost garauntee. Try putting a stuffed animal in with her, or what we've done is our son loves looking at pictures, so we've place 2 or 3 pictures around his bed for him to look at while he's trying to go to sleep. Also trying sticking a few pacifiers all around her crib. That way if she tosses and turns and flips around, she won't have to look all over for one. After she's sleeping good in her crib, all night long, for a while, then try to break the pacifier. If she's only using it to sleep at night (which our son is now) its not really that big of a deal (our doctor even told us that). Hope this helps, let us know how everything works out.
have you tried putting a baby gate across her door so she can't get out. and a baby monitor to hear her. she can still see and hear out of her room but won't be able to come into your room and with the monitor you can still hear what she is doing. she will prolly fuss and cry for a while, but it won't hurt her...the worst will happen is she'll cry herself to sleep on the floor. if you hear get up and cry, go to her, give the paci and place back in bed. don't make a big to do about it. she'll get the picture eventually.
