My daugher just turned 3 on April 8th. She co-slept with us until she was about 2 1/2 then wanted to move into her own big girl bed. She would sleep about 4 hours, wake up, we'd go comfort her, and she'd go back to sleep for another 4 hours or so.
Recently (for the past 2 weeks) her pattern has become: go to sleep, wake up 2 hours later, be comforted back to sleep, then wake every 1 1/2 to 2 hours. When she wakes up she cries and calls me. I go in, give her a snuggle, ask if she needs anything, and she is back to sleep in 10 minutes. I've tried giving her a lantern to turn on if she's afraid of the dark, a sippy of water in case she's thirsty, and she has a ton of stuffed friend who sleep with her. She doesn't nap during the day, although I do have her lay down for an hour of quiet time every day.
We have a set bedtime/wind down routine of brushing her teeth, getting jammies on, reading a story and talking about our day.
As far as I know she's not teething, not sick, we haven't had any changes in our family, etc. I'm just trying to think of anything that might be bothering her! I'm a stay at home mom and I'm with her all the time, so I don't think she's feeling neglected from me.
I'm 28 weeks pregnant and starting to wear down. I need some (semi-unbroken) sleep! Everyone tells me I just need to let her cry it out but that is NOT going to happen. I've tried just letting her fuss when she wakes up but that only makes her more awake and harder to get back to sleep.
My husband has suggested we talk to the dr about a sleep aid of some sort. We have melatonin, but I've heard that's for helping to fall asleep, not keeping you asleep. Falling asleep isn't the issue.
Please help!
