Sleep troubles
Every parent experiences them: I just don’t know what to do with my 2 year old. She used to go to bed quite well, accepting that after a couple of books, it was time for sleep. Now – she’s changed her mind.
She just won’t let us leave her without screaming the place down, and waking her younger brother (who, once awake, stays awake). I just can’t seem to get her into a night-time routine which she likes. She simply wants to stay up, continually, and won’t accept being put to bed. It’s getting to the stage where I’ll need to either (a) let her decide when she wants to go to bed (but then she’ll be up after us!!) or (b) put her down at 7pm and let her scream until she’s asleep……
This latter option mightn’t be such a bad idea….!! See – writing these blogs does make you think a bit about next steps….considering what to write leaves you thinking about where you are with things, and what might be a good next step.
Somehow I need some ideas, so please if you read this, give me some decent ideas about what to try. We’ve tried a little TV and reading before bed, we’ve tried dropping the TV, we’ve tried just reading, but each routine she just wants to go on and on, and she stays awake. She NEVER falls asleep. Maybe we need to drop her afternoon sleep – but it seems too early in her life to do that…but she’s never tired in the evenings. If she doesn’t have an afternoon nap, she’s so grotty come 5pm it’s unreal…
Right now she’s almost knocking the cot through the ceiling – I’m surprised Isaac’s not woken from his afternoon nap already. Each time she asks for stuff (dolly, milk, books) I am taking a looooong time getting them, hoping that she’ll be asleep next time I go back. She rarely is though…
I’m at the end of my tether. It takes about 3 hours to get her to bed at night. It used to be that only I could do it and she wouldn’t play me up, but now she plays both of us up….
Feedback very welcome!!!!!
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