Im getting desperate!

Its been over two weeks now and Kylah is still getting up during the night, for hours on end!

She sometimes wakes up happy, but mostly she is crying. She asks to hop in our bed but cries there too, wont go back to bed, and just wants to be in the living room to watch tv, which i refuse to let her do.

I have been up since 4am, the night before didnt get to bed until half one, and the night before that was up from 2am-4am.

I am really about to keel over i am so tired. Any ideas would really be appreciated!

Yup i have tried that, she just comes back out over and over and over and over. Until the point she gets really hysterical and i cannot bear to do it any longer.

Been there done that. I got tough & put up with crying, screaming etc for a couple of weeks but it did work. I put DS back to bed with no talking, I took away things like bedtime stories, fav toys & he soon learned, & it was really tough on me but it worked & I wish I had done it earlier.

Raspberryjam wrote: oh fair call, understand that. How about phenergan? Friend of mine had similar issues and the doc said phenergan to break the cycle - not sure how you feel about things like that but might be worth seeing what a doc says?

My Dr suggested that also, but I don't think drugging them is the answer they need to learn to go to sleep & get back to sleep themselves. Think she maybe in a habbit if she is waking up around the same time, maybe crying cause she is tired & needs sleep, or knows she will get the attention she wants.

Another thing I tried & it worked great with my kids for sleep, toilet training, eating veg is the good old reward chart.

At the moment I am doing time charts, when the do something like tidy up, make beds, eat veges etc, they get 10mins, if they misbehave they get 10mins off, & the good thing is they will try & earn back there lost time so will do extra things & get really excited when the earn them.

Right, thanks for the ideas, keep them coming.

I am not to keep on the Phenergan (sp) but cheers for the idea, i am off to get her a night light now, and some cars stickers, and i will try the chart thing.

Raspberryjam wrote: I think thats a great idea too jazzy - but is 2 and a half a bit young to grasp the concept? Worth a try of course (hope that does work so young , mine is almost 2!)

No I don't think 2yrs is too young, (although it can be harder) but with saying that with DS1 I was not tough in the beginning & paid the price. Some night I slept on the couch so he could watch tv as I could not handle it, but I did learned pretty quickly.

My kids range from 3-9yr so plenty of years of sleep deprivation, lol.

I remember the best advise I got with DS1 when he was a baby was to put him to bed awake, hard thing to do with a new baby & being a new mum, but it turned out to be a life saver.

By the time DS3 was at the stage to start it up I shut it down quick & he has been a breeze.

I know it is hard & I hated being a tough parent but sometimes for you sanity you need to be. I am learning everyday how to achieve the balance needed & am totally in to bribing all though I call it rewards, lol.

My girl is quite good now, few early mornings lately, but she has had a cold.
Im just trying to have a plan to combat the new baby blues

I dont want a night light but the glow in the dark thing sounds quite cool

Im gonna stalk you for a bit kandice - would love to know how your star chart works

sounds like you need a day off , refresh and then start again

yeah my kids have a pretty strict routine other wise I don't think I could juggle everything. Has things changed because she has drooped her afternoon sleep? If it was resent that maybe why she wakes up as she was used to 2 sleeps...don't know am just over thinking, lol

Raspberryjam wrote: My girl is quite good now, few early mornings lately, but she has had a cold. Im just trying to have a plan to combat the new baby blues

lol, I know where you are coming from, DS2 was 10mths when I found out I was 6wks pg & I had to get up & down for both of them during the night, did my head in sometimes. I swear by routines but can not always stick to them but life is much easier when I can