Sleeping Habits

I have a young daughter who will be turning three in Dec and still comes in and wants to sleep with mummy. The problem is im due to have another child in Jan so would like my toddler sleeping right through. She will go to bed happily, have a story, turn the lights off and she goes to sleep all by herself. I dont even need to wait in her room until she goes to sleep. But then at about 11:00pm she wakes up and starts crying so I go in and put her back into bed and she will go back to sleep but then 1/2 hour later she wakes again. By one in the morning I am so tired I give in and she sleeps with me till the morning and hubby sleeps in her bed. Any suggestions to get her to sleep right through. She used to be great but as she has gotten older she wakes up. help!!



Edited by gollymolly

My two year old also goes to bed well but now she has started waking and crying want a "quick drink" or she will throw her monkey out of bed and cry because she lost it as well as any other excuse she can think of.

I think she learnt that I'm a big softy and always give in to her since I can't just tune out to the crying like Josh can. We have a baby due very soon so to stop this nightly habit we decided that for a few nights in a row Josh would be the only one to get up to her and he'd be stern and just tuck her in without giving her a drink or anything. She did continue to cry quiet a bit and Josh also had to tie me to the bed to stop me from going in to her. Anyway after 2 very sleepless nights she stopped and has started sleeping right through again. The few sleepless night really were worth it.

Thanks for all the advice. I know I need to get tough but its so hard. I think I will try putting her back into her bed. Its just really hard becaue she wakes up with a fright and screams out for me and im such a softie I give in and im so tired .... Maybe I should have asked for advice for mummy to get tough not how to keep my daughter asleep alll night.

Thanks guys

It is sooo hard just leaving them to cry, I'm always too soft on Chloe and give in and give her lots of cuddles. I know that I really shouldn't but I just can't help myself.

In our house I'm the mean one and Willie is the softie! Every time he hears her stir he's like "Just bring her in here and put her in the middle" and I'm like Hell no! Maya has never slept in our bed, and soooo not about to start!

I'm such a mean mother! Maya has been waking up the past few nights, and I get soooo cross with her! I get up, I settle her back down, I get back into bed and not 2 seconds later I hear "Mama..." again. So I get up and close her bedroom door (she hates having it closed) for a few seconds and then I go in and tell her if she settles down she can have the door open but if she keeps crying and calling out I will close it again (she can't reach the door handle.

I leave the light on in the hallway just outside her room and leave her door open a crack which has helped until this week. I think it's probably that we've had a busy week with lots of summer BBQ's so she's had a few late nights and is not sleeping well. She'll get the message eventually (I hope!)

Yahoo , great advice everyone. I started my tough love last night and she only woke up the once. As soon as I heard her I went into her room and gave her a quick cuddle and kiss, told her to go back to sleep mummy was just going to the loo and then I'll come back (little white lie) and it worked, she just fell straight back to sleep until 7:30 this morning. I couldnt beleive how long it had been since the last time I woke up, rolled over and said good morning to my hubby. When my daughter woke up this morning we made a big deal about it and gave her stickers for her sticker chart so fingers crossed for tonight. Will keep you all up to date.   

oh dear, back to the battle each night. I think Danielle may be feeling threatened by the new baby coming. She has become really clingy latly, even when I drop her off at daycare which is really out of character for her. She usually loves going to daycare. At night she yells out for me and wont go back to sleep unless she can feel me. We will just keep perservering but I dont want her to think she cant sleep with me because we are having a new bubba. She is always checking to see where I am. OH the joys of parenting

We are getting better. At least we are sleeping until 4am now and then hear the pitter patter of tiny feet. Much better than 3-5 times a night. Yes we have a sticker chart going at the moment but I dont quite think she gets it. Maybe a little to young still??? She thinks she gets a sticker just for sleeping, not for sleeping in her bed