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
MP, when W wakes at night there are only two options - caving to whatever he wants (someone to sit in there with him atm) or a 1-2 hour tantrum. There is no reasoning- no bribes, no threats work. Very frustrating. I had him going really well a few weeks ago when he would come in to my room for a kiss and cuddle then put himself back to bed. But that stopped happening for whatever reason so we have decided to give in and sit with him again
A only has the phenergan when we are desperate, like after she has had a couple of nights of 5 or 6 hard to resettle screaming nights and everyone needs some sleep. I hate to do it and it isn't ideal but I am going to lose it if I don't get at least a few hours of sleep.
Have tried DH doing all the resettles, but he actually has to physically hold her down while she screams hysterically for me and she can go for close to an hour (and wakes DS, who then has his own tantrum!!).
DaintreeDream, it's you and me both hoping for some magic fix in the very near future! Good luck xx
Alish, no space in our room for another bed. Also, I really don't like them in our room - I have them with me all day long and need a bit of space from them. I find having them in my room is like living at your workplace, I have co-slept with both kids when they were little but it isn't good for my head space.
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