 | I am in some serious need of help..My husband and I are BOTH at our wits end. My daughter Abigail is almost 19mths old. She used to be such a good girl about going to bed, we have always had a very regular routine with her which involved bath,milk,stories,and then bed. Wel about a week ago, we decided she was ready for a "big girl bed" as she had been sleeping in her toddler for over a month, so we got her a twin bed, and moved the crib outta her room. Well then is started,,she will NOT go to sleep without a screaming match, we have tried letting her cry, but she screams for mommie and the more she cries, the more upset she gets. My husband does no good, as she will hit him and scream for mommy. When she does finially fall asleep it's usually about 2 hours after inital bed time..then she doesn't stay asleep, she wakes up like every 2 hours during the night, demanding mommie..then she winds up in our bed, where she'll sleep the rest of the night. Nap times are the same issue...at bed time, she is always asking me to lie down with her, which i don't believe in staying there til she falls asleep as i believe it creates bad sleeping habits for the future if i do lie down, she thinks its play time..i have no clue what went wrong, she used to go to bed jus fine, and if she woke up at night, she would fall back to sleep on her own. Now all of a sudden bed time is the worst times in my life. We put her toddler bed back in her room yesterday so she could have the choice of where to sleep, and gave her a lamp in her room that we told her will stay on til she says it can go off. I am expecting my second child in Janurary, and am now terriefied of things staying this way. I really need her to sleep. Plz if anyone has any suggestions that would be great...i'm willing to try anything now..lol. Thanks so much. |
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