My 2.5 year old DD has never been a great sleeper. If she is teething (which can last a long time) or sick any semblance of normal sleeping goes out the window.
Right now things are getting worse and worse. I have been blaming it on her two year molars, which after 3 months have still made no appearance. Then she got sick... then I got sick (this week with the flu/ chest infection) and now she is sick again.
Basically she goes to bed alright for the most part... although that didn't happen tonight. I nurse her down after reading her books. Then she wakes up... which for the past month has often meant we are up in the middle of the night for hours, or up every hour. DD and I often end up sleeping in the basement on our couch so that DH can at least get some sleep.
Since I got so sick I started letting her watch TV in the middle of the night because I couldn't do anything other than lie there. Now she is waking up and screaming "I don't want to go to sleep" and "Everybody wake up".
I feel like I am about to lose it. I am 10 weeks pregnant, sick and so tired... and just fed up.
Tonight I tried to put my foot down and just hugged her while she cried when she didn't want to go to sleep... she got so hysterical she almost threw up. DH is currently out driving her around.
My thought is when I get better I just have to put my foot down and not let her leave the room when she wakes up. However after her hysterics tonight it makes me nervous! I have also thought about getting a cheap toddler bed for her to sleep in as I think my tossing and turning is also waking her up. I brought up the idea and she got really excited (of course reality is something different).
My goal is to have her going to sleep easily and staying asleep for most of the night by May. And to be nightweaned as well. In her own bed (in our room) would be awesome.
Which brings up another point. I feel like a lot of this started right after I got pregnant, and I know my milk supply is way down (she tells me it is). So part of me wonders if the lack of milk in the middle of the night isn't contributing to this situation.
I would really appreciate any thoughts or ideas, as to how I can tackle this problem.
Thanks!
Edited to add:
Reading some other posts made me want to add the following.
We have thought about a food allergy since she does get rashes, and a couple weeks ago she had 3 days of getting hives.
She is saying she is hungry. Which could just be because she has figured out we take that request seriously. But she really does seem to be eating a lot at night this past month, and she seems to be eating the same amount during the day. We have tried giving her oatmeal before bed but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
Right now things are getting worse and worse. I have been blaming it on her two year molars, which after 3 months have still made no appearance. Then she got sick... then I got sick (this week with the flu/ chest infection) and now she is sick again.
Basically she goes to bed alright for the most part... although that didn't happen tonight. I nurse her down after reading her books. Then she wakes up... which for the past month has often meant we are up in the middle of the night for hours, or up every hour. DD and I often end up sleeping in the basement on our couch so that DH can at least get some sleep.
Since I got so sick I started letting her watch TV in the middle of the night because I couldn't do anything other than lie there. Now she is waking up and screaming "I don't want to go to sleep" and "Everybody wake up".
I feel like I am about to lose it. I am 10 weeks pregnant, sick and so tired... and just fed up.
Tonight I tried to put my foot down and just hugged her while she cried when she didn't want to go to sleep... she got so hysterical she almost threw up. DH is currently out driving her around.
My thought is when I get better I just have to put my foot down and not let her leave the room when she wakes up. However after her hysterics tonight it makes me nervous! I have also thought about getting a cheap toddler bed for her to sleep in as I think my tossing and turning is also waking her up. I brought up the idea and she got really excited (of course reality is something different).
My goal is to have her going to sleep easily and staying asleep for most of the night by May. And to be nightweaned as well. In her own bed (in our room) would be awesome.
Which brings up another point. I feel like a lot of this started right after I got pregnant, and I know my milk supply is way down (she tells me it is). So part of me wonders if the lack of milk in the middle of the night isn't contributing to this situation.
I would really appreciate any thoughts or ideas, as to how I can tackle this problem.
Thanks!
Edited to add:
Reading some other posts made me want to add the following.
We have thought about a food allergy since she does get rashes, and a couple weeks ago she had 3 days of getting hives.
She is saying she is hungry. Which could just be because she has figured out we take that request seriously. But she really does seem to be eating a lot at night this past month, and she seems to be eating the same amount during the day. We have tried giving her oatmeal before bed but it doesn't seem to make a difference.
