Sleeping Problem with My 2-Year Old Daughter

Anglea.........GET HER BACK IN HER BED!!!! I Hope that you dont take offence to that, but trust me, this is not something that you want to start. There are many things that you could do to help this. 1~ she might be twlling you that she is ready to potty train. 2~ you could try those plastic panties, over her diaper. Or really and kinda pants over her diaper. My friend has a son that is 15 months and she allowed him to sleep with her part of the night, usually about 3am he would cry for her. Now it is to the point where at about 1030pm everynight she has to go sleep with him, she even put a bed in his room, so not to wake her husband. If she leaves the room, he knows, and is awake within 5 mins. Hope this was an eye opener, and that it helped you. GOOD LUCK.

A.,

I haven't had this exact problem but similar ones. How about putting a baby monitor in your room and hers? Then, when she wakes up you will hear her.

T.

TO MAKE MY DAUGHTER SLEEP LONGER, I TOOK AWAY NAP TIME, SOMETIMES I ALLOWED HER TO STAY UP LATER. ALL KIDS WILL AT LEAST ONCE PULL OFF DIAPER AND PLAY IN IT! SWITCH TO PULL UPS AT NIGHT, OR PUT A ONESY WITH PANTS SO ITS HARDER TO TAKE OFF. ANOTHER THING I DID WAS TURN ON TELLITUBBIES TO KEEP HER OCCUPIED. GOOD LUCK.

I almost learned the hard way about this, but my day care provider was actually the one that had to deal with the mess...

From then on, I made sure to make sure Lily wore pants or a sleep 'n' play to bed. She loves being nekkid, so I have to watch her closely to make sure she doesn't become a poop artist in her crib. Hope this helps. Now, get some sleep!

Is it really that much of a health hazard? I know it's gross but if she's not eating it, is it really anything but disgusting and inconvenient. I ask this because I wonder if she was simply curious once or twice but learned quickly that your reaction got her into your bed where she really liked being. Maybe now she's doing it in order to get what she wants... classical conditioning. Maybe you could try not reacting one day and, as gross as it is, letting her deal with being covered in poop and realizing she doesn't like it very much. Just an idea. Good luck.

Have you tried pull ups at night? They might not be as easy for her to get off. Also, have you considered getting her a "big girl" bed? Maybe she has outgrown the crib.

Try putting her diaper on backwards and putting a onesie on. It will make it a lot harder for her to take her diaper off!

I believe every child goes thru the 'i want to be naked stage'. My son is 17 months and he will not stop taking off his diaper. My solution...put shorts on him or an all over onesie. he doesnt have a clue how to take it off, so the diaper stays on on all day and nite..I dont know if you tried this yet but it works for me...

Put her to bed w/ a one-z on. It snaps at the bottom so she can take it off. My daughter took her diaper off also. When she began sleeping in one-z she did not do it anymore?

A., somewhat similar without the poop all over the place.
i have 25 month old twin girls. when they were about 18 months (until then they were sleeping all night long in their separate bedrooms), well, one night, they both woke up, my husband went to one room i did on the other and we spent the night with them. we thought one night what harm could it do. well, it went on for weeks and weeks. they would scream and pitch a fit in the middle of the night until we would have to go in and sleep with them in daybeds. finally we said enough. obviously neither i or my husband were sleeping much afraid of falling in deep sleep. so we just decided not go respond to their cries. that night we made the decision they cried it seemed like forever but eventually they stopped.
about the mess she's making. have you thought about duck tapping her diaper just before she goes to sleep? that way she might not be able to take it off. also, have you considered putting one piece pj's on her, footed or not? that might help, unless she knows how to undress herself even from those. just a suggestion. i agree about this turning into a health hazard but also from my experience giving in means a whole lot of problems for you.
good luck
V.

Are you working on potty training? Some children this young are ready (not my daughter though). Usually when a child is bothered by a poopy diaper and removes it, that is a sign that they are ready to begin potty training. Hope that helps!