Please could I get a private message Really in need of some bedtime advice !!…
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Really in need of some bedtime advice !!! Sorry it’s a long post!
I’ve got a 5 year old & a 14 month old . Lately I’ve been really struggling with the baby & her bedtime routine . Before the clocks went forward the baby was going to sleep by 7 each night & was ready . When the clocks changed she was not going down until 8pm . Ever since then I’ve never been able to get her back to going to sleep at a decent time . The baby has only one nap a day for around 1 hr 30mins . She’s been walking since 9 months & is running now so she’s always burning energy . Plus she goes to nursery three times a week , so she has plenty of interaction & playtime.
The baby also will only go to sleep with a bottle of milk and a cuddle . I cannot get her to go to sleep in her own cot . As soon as her head touches the cot she wakes !!! Throughout the night she wakes 1/2 times for a bottle of milk . Never does she sleep through . I’ve tried feeding her more food in the day but nothing seems to work . To stop the night feeds I tried giving her water , but I ended up giving that up as she was screaming for her milk .
My 5 year old has always been a rubbish sleeper and it wasn’t until she started full time school did she start sleeping through . Plus she always ends up coming into my bed in the middle of the night 😡 so I am used to not having good sleepers ! However I am unexpectedly due a baby the end of this year and I am so stressed out as I just cannot get the baby out of my bed and to bed at a nice time . Tonight I finally got her to sleep at 9:30 . She will wake once/twice and be up by 7:00 latest . Also the last week the baby has woken around 3am and is widos for about an hour 🙄
I really would appreciate anyone’s help and advice.
Thank you 🙂
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What time is the youngest nap ?? Always best to get it in early in the day and no sleep after 3 as it eats into bedtime sleep. Also the best thing I can say is consistency my 2 and half year old has never really been a good sleeper I used to have to rock her when she was little as she got older I’d sit in the room with her the last week we’ve swapped things up my oh puts her to bed every time she gets up he puts her straight back the first 3 times he’ll explain it’s time for sleep give her a kiss ect and leave after that he just goes in tells her back to bed and leaves again. Some nights she’s up Alot other nights it’s twice and last night for the first time she didn’t get out at all so slowly but surely it’s getting better. She used to be up 2,3,4 times a night as well now it’s once at the most shed also cry to come in my bed for a cuddle or me to sit with her till she fell back asleep now she comes into my room I put her back in her bed and leave again and that’s it. It may be a fight at first and lots of tears from you and them but it’s all about not giving in to them. X