I have a 1 and a 3 year old my 3 year old used to sleep great easy to put to bed and stayed asleep all night. Recently she won't let us leave her room. She will be sound asleep and if we move she wakes up. I don't know how to handle this but we are very tired. Any ideas?
I would also try sleeping with her. but I don't know how long you might have to continue or how to transition her back to her own bed. we co-sleep happily. good luck!
best,
E.
I have a similar situation going on and have gone through it before with my older one. I have a 5 and 2 1/2 yr old. We got into a "bad" routine of sitting with our older son until he could fall asleep - he has since about 2 1/2 had night terrors, etc.... Our younger son up until about 2 weeks ago has always been very easy with bedtime but all of a sudden doesn't want us to leave the room. I think it comes from him catching on that one of us would be sitting with his brother. So we have begun to revamp our routine at night before we get stuck in a rut with both boys. We have never particularly agreed with the cry it out method so our PED suggested a while ago to ease out of their room, each night you sit a little further away from the child working yourself out of the room. The first night was fine for the most part because i was on a stool next to his bed, the 2nd not as easy because i was at the end of his bed, 3rd night i got some resistance because i was at the door, last night not so bad - i was in hallway....tonight I'm going to try and just be upstairs and hopefully soon enough I will be done with waiting till he's asleep. We are doing this same process with my older son as well - certainly receiving more resistance from him but we are getting there and are determined to help them learn better sleeping habits. Hope this was somewhat helpful. Feel free to respond back if you have any specific questions about my method that I may not have addressed. Good luck!
Sounds like she is having some normal (for the age) fear related issues. Does she have a lovey? A nightlight? How about an baby monitor.... you can tell her that you hear her all the time and check her all night. Hopefully this last suggestion won't backfire on you - use it as a last resort! Just try and be loving but firm that everything is o.k., you check on her frequently and that you'll see her in the a.m. I would also monitor what goes into that little head for t.v. programs, books, games with older kids, etc.... I bet she'll outgrow this! Good-luck!
I had almost the same problem. My child wouldn't stay in her own bed. She always came in mine and my husband at the time. This is what I did and it might work with your daughter. I let her sleep with me for a week whenever she wanted to. Then the next week told her she could sleep in our room, but it had to be on the floor, so I set her up on a blanket next to the bed and then slowly moved the set up further and further away from the bed till she was almost in the hallway. Happy to say she finally started spending more time in her own bed except when she would have a bad dream. Not so proud to say is that at 15 she still asks to sleep with me once in awhile. You could possibly start off telling your daughter you will lay beside her and then maybe move a chair in and tell her you will sit beside her and then slowly move the chair closer to the door till you are practically in the hallway also. Then maybe she will feel a little more secure going to sleep. You could also try getting a noise machine, such as those ones with the sound of the ocean or birds chirping. This may be able to eventually take the place of the sound of you breathing. And it will probably relax her also.
