Sleepless Nights - Greeley,IA

Who is sleepless in this situation? It sounds like both of your girls are sleeping. I co-sleep with my daughter, so I don't see a problem with this. She'll grow up fast enough and want to sleep in her own "big girl" bed when she feels comfortable doing so.

You need to take her back to her room. Over and over and over again. Before bedtime explain to her that she is a big girl now and she needs to stay in her own bed.

She will get it. Good luck honey :)

My 3.5 year old wants to be by us at night too, in fact we moved her twin bed into our room and put it next to our king bed so it is like one giant bed. We all love it, she sleeps great next to us and she is content. She knows that when she is ready she has a nice big girl room to sleep in, but for now she is comfortable where she is at (plus we are all sleeping great).

I say don't worry about it! Just tell her to try not to wake you guys up when she crawls into bed and eventually she will outgrow the need and be fine in her room with her sister. There is nothing wrong with out little one's wanting to be near us at night, I think it's natural and it helps them feel safe and loved.

Invest in the book "The Sleep Fairy" by Janie Peterson! We used this book on our 3 year old son after trying everything imagineable to get him to stay in his bed and go to sleep and it actually exceeded our expectations (which as you could imagaine weren't very high)!

Make a bed for her on your floor. Use a cot or crib mattress or something if you like. My daughter went thru this phase too. I couldn't let her sleep with us because then I knew she would never want to go back to sleeping in her own room, plus she would keep us up all night with the kicking. :) The ECFE teacher told us to let her sleep in the room if it made her feel secure. It got her past the night fear that she was feeling and we all got a good nights sleep. All of a sudden one day she was back loving her room again.