My 2.5 year old daughter goes sleep around 8pm , wakes up around 7:30 and doesn't take naps in many months. She is very regular in this and is not difficult to put her to sleep.
But for the past YEAR she has being waking up almost every night around 1am, she use to cry a lot and wanted me to stay next her bed until she falls to sleep, but that didn't last for long. Now she wakes ups, cry a little, opens her door (and close it too) by that time I am already there. I pick her up, bring her to her bed, put her down and leave. That is it!
She goes right to sleep without problem.
This happens almost every day for the past YEAR!
I don't know what to do, she doesn't look in on pain, hungry, or anything, I don't even talk to her any more when I put her back, I just pick her up bring her to bed put her sheets back and leave, she goes right to sleep without crying or complaining.
Is this just part of her routine? How do I stop it?
I am so use to wake up to the sound of her door that now everything wakes me up and not always is so easy for me to go back to sleep.
LOL, paper guy! I was wonder what get the paper mean, for some reason I thought you were talking if hubby and I were getting into action at night, and I was like hu??
Lol, ok I guess I had a dirty mind.
Yes, we have a young neighbor that likes to party and we also start potty training around that time so maybe that is it.
Thanks guys
Does she have a nightlight in her room so maybe if she wakes she won't be scared?
I think you are doing the right thing.
Paperboy delivery or neighbors automatic sprinklers could be waking her up.....they've been waking me up these days. Yikes.
Has anything different happened in a year.. like did you move, decide to get the paper, airplanes fly over your house? I had a prob w/ one of my kids waking up at the same time everynight.. Figured out the neighbors were now getting the paper so 4:30 early morning he'd wake up!! So I decided to make the room extra dark so the headlights wouldn't flash in and I decided to put a humidfier in the room even just for 'white noise'. I'm not sure but perhaps you might want to set your alarms before 1am to see if you hear anything. It'll be a pain in the butt, but it may be worth it in the end.. Good Luck trying to find out what it is.. Sorry I totally know what your going thru, but I hope you find the source, if anything. :)
What about putting a gate across her doorway so she can't get out even if she does get up?
Something that seems to help my DD is to appeal to her sense of being "big" and talking about how Olivia (for example, the pig on TV and in books) goes to bed like a big girl. See how her mom turns off the light? I also tuck DD in with all her blankets, her dolls, and her sippy cup. It used to be that she'd wake up, feel thirsty and cry for me. I am happy to use a sippy of water in her bed if that helps us sleep.
Maybe you can talk to your DD about how if she wakes up, she needs to go back to bed like a big girl? If you do wake up, you can say, "What do you need to do?" and any night she doesn't wake you, praise her in the morning.
It only takes a few nights to create a routine and many nights to break it. I suggest getting Dr. Ferber's book titled "how to solve you child's sleep problems" from the library. We used it to get our babies to sleep through the night and to get them to stay in their beds at night. Lots of good advise. I would suggest you sleep in her room in an extra bed for about a week or more, so you can both get a full night's rest and to make sure she does not get up anymore. When she wakes up she will see you and hopefully just go back to sleep. If this works then leave the extra bed but sleep in your own bed a few nights and leave both bedroom doors open so she can hear/see you. If she does come get you, you can transfer to the 2nd bed in her room at night. I think this is an age of becoming more aware and she is maybe waking up and feels alone or scared and just seeing you for that short time makes her comfortable again. You may also want to get yourself some good ear plugs so you can sleep. If she can open her own door she can walk to your bed and touch you to wake you. Assuming the path from her room to yours is safe (gate on the stairs) then just do whatever you have to to get some sleep yourself. Good night :)
