I feel your pain! My 3 year old twins still give me dramas! My only advice is it will sort itself out one way or another. When ds3 was born. If I was feeding and one of the twins would wake I would just let them lay or sit with me till I was done. Then deal with them after. Good luck!
DD1 who was a fantastic sleeper started doing this when I was about a month off having DD2. She only wanted me and whenever DH went in she just cried more. She does not sleeping in our bed so most nights I would give up and we would sleep in the loungeroom. I was willing to do anything to get some sleep. She also usually loved Daycare but at this time she hated to go and would cry so much when I dropped her off. Thankfully I put it down to her knowing something was about to change and when I finally had DD2 she went straight back to her fantastic sleeping and loving DC again.
Hopefully this is a possibility for your DD and that it will be over soon. Sorry I don't have any actual advice though.
Oh crap! That can be a really difficult age for sleeping and seperation anxiety. DS was exactly like that and I'm sure I've read lots of posts from other mums in the same situation. I can totally understand how stressed out you must be with a baby almost on the scene though
I'm sorry I don't have any real advice - DS just gradually grew out of it.
I am going through the same here, my DD2 is a similar age to yours. It started for me a few months ago, it has got better and some nights we can get through with only one waking at about 4am others are horrible waking every hour or so. I have no answer though, I am a little concerned myself about how things will turn out when DD3 arrives (in 5 weeks!) I am just hoping things fall into place.
Hugs Arte....
I dont have any advice - I reckon I have given any advice i had a while back, its really tough isnt it...
I did find when J ws born that if N also woke I could get him to lie there until i could deal w him - and the newbown settles were easier than the toddler ones.
Perhaps W is old enough to understand when bub comes he has to stop tantruming? (that kind of discussion works ok with N) - you could use the new baby arrival as an end point for that behaviour.. then maybe A can settle more (like it sounds like she was a few wks back)
A bed in her room?
Only letting DH go in, after a while she may accept if that is the only option
Do you have a plan to stop using the phenergan (or does your doc have an opinion on that?? - does she suffer allergies that are keeping her up??)
have both kids had a medical check over??
DD had major ear issues which = lots of night waking. she had constant glue ear and the pain kept waking her.
things got better after grommets but i did use Dr Jay Gordans method, google him, its mainly for night feeding/co sleeping but i changed it to suit me, it did work
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