My brand new two year old is slowly killing me. She broke her colar bone a month ago, and then had a bad cold. These two things created a need to check in with us throughout the night. She is literally getting up 1-3 times a night wanting us to tuck her in. Yes, she is out of the crib. My other kids were at this age too, and they never got out of bed once tucked in. we actually had to put her in the day bed when she broke her color bone because I couldn't get her in her crib without hurting her.
I had thought she was cold, so I switched blankets. I then thought maybe she is dropping her nap. I am starting to limit any nap time she might have, trying to see if she is just like my oldest, and doesn't really need much sleep. I was thinking this would explain why she'd be awake for an hour at 2 most nights! She did sleep good the other night after a short cat nap that day, so this may be all that's going on.
But she is being really clingy in general, wanting to eat on my lap, wanting to cuddle a lot more than usual.
Anyone have any suggestions on how to fix this? I haven't had quality sleep in a month and I'm starting to feel depressed. Hubby says we should just lock her in her room. But then he will do things like sleep next to her on the floor to get her to go back to sleep. Sigh.
Anyone have this problem? How did you fix it?
She didn't have a nap yesterday, and she ended up sleeping from 6:30-6. I think I will let the nap go and see if that doesn't fix this problem.
We've been just bringing her back to bed, re-tucking her in, and saying night night. It's just been a month at this point, and I don't get why she is still getting up.
When my littles went through these phases I let them bring their pillow and blanket in and sleep on our floor, NEXT to our bed, not in it. Eventually they wouldn't want to sleep on the floor and would just go back to bed on their own.
Jill K's advice is actually better than mine but my husband and I were simply too tired and lazy to do that, hence the reason we co slept the second half of the night during the nursing years :-)
All you do is quietly put her back to bed when she gets up. No interaction or conversation, just back to bed then leave the room. Be consistent.
This is something most parents have to deal with at some point, so you've been unusually lucky with your other kids. It may take some time, particularly because she was recently injured and sick, but you'll need to push through. Trade off nights with your husband so you can get decent sleep.
We had 2 that would wake in the night around that age. I did as Mamazita did - they were allowed to come in and sleep on our bedroom floor. I just had a comforter down. After a while, they lost interest in it and slept in their own bed again. Sometimes they'd had bad dreams (all my kids went through a phase of this) so I liked giving them that option.
I was too tired to get up and do the back to bed thing. But that would work if you have the energy :)
She could be cold where it's been the coldest time of the year.I had one that I'd have to turn the heat up a bit because she would kick off her covers. I did those fuzzy onesies too for her. It helped. I have friends who used sleeping bags to make sure they were covered well.
My other thought is just make sure she doesn't have fluid in her ear left over from her bad cold. My kids used to get ear ache (not always an ear infection) after bad colds and it was just painful enough to wake them at night (lying down makes it worse).
Good luck :)
She's probably in pain. Collar bones take a while to heal and they remember that sort of pain. With every single breath they hurt. I would imagine she's going to take a while. Tell hubby to get up with her and let you sleep. He is a big boy and can get up so you can catch up. Also, take her to Mother's Day Out and get some naps while she's there. Find a friend to take her for the day so you can lay down and get some sleep. There are options. Let her go spend the night at grandma's or a friends house so you can sleep. Lots of things can happen.
Love the advice! My daughter is going through this right now!
She may be having some pain still. Let her sleep with you, she Ned's you now. She is only 2.
