Another Sleep Issue....

Okay, Rylee has never been the best sleeper in the world, up until recently she has woken at about 3 am , I have gone in to give her a cuddle and she has resettled, now she wakes at 3 am, I go in give her a cuddle and she clings to me like you wouldn't believe, won't let me put her down if I put her in the cot she screams blue murder, won't lay down so I have ended up taking her into bed with me and she will be awake for a couple of hours....what do I do, I really want her to be sleeping well before the new baby arrives, I want to get her out of co-sleeping....

Thanks
Laurin

Hey hun,
Not much advice here sorry, just wanted to give you a *hug* to let you know I am thinking of you.

I guess one problem would be creating a habit. It might pay to persevere with her for a bit, like lie her back down but stay with her until she has fallen asleep, then gradually wean her off that, like say "I will stay for 10 minutes" then 5, and so on until you can say goodnight and leave her in bed. Cold turkey would be hard on both of you, so maybe a gradual process? Apparently these things are hard to tough out, and you don't want to get into a battle of wills - she will most likely win!

Good luck hun

We had probs with Ash awhile back when I was BFing and we wanted to cut out night feed. What I did was to stay with her but everytime she stood up I'd just lay her back down, yes she wasn't happy but I knew at that stage I just had to stick with it. Then I'd sit by the cot and just rub her back til she settled. First night took bout hour, second night maybe 20 mins, 3rd night was like 1 min. Whatever you plan to do I think you just need to persevere it will be hard but if you stop you'll just have to restart it all over again.

Just thought I'd pop in and say that having a toddler come in to your bed through the night isn't so bad even with a new bub in the house.

The baby crying next to us only woke DS for the first couple of nights.. after that he slept through all her wake-ups if he was in our bed.

I'll repeat what I say everywhere - just do what works. If the toddler needs the extra comfort (and this might increase when new bub arrives) then there's no harm in going along with it. It's not a 'habit' that will last forever. DS pretty much sleeps through now, but still occasionally wakes and brings himself in to us.

Must admit it's lovely having the whole family in the same bedroom in the mornings :)