[ladybugchild77]

My dd has been going through some major seperation anxiety lately and also I think she is sensing the new baby is coming soon so her lseep has been wacky. She wants to sleep PLASTERED against me and actually makes it hard to breathe/move she is so snuggled into me. I have been going to the couch when I wake up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom becasue it is easier on me then trying to get back in bed and have to disturb her the thre eother times I wake up in the night to use the restroom...I have noticed that when I leave she cries for 30 seconds or so and snuggles in next to dh and is OUT. She doesn't cry or rustle or anything. What can I do to make her sleep less fitful when I am there? And this is OT, but HOW am I going to sleep with her AND the new baby if she won't let me move?

 

[CrazyCatLady]

My dd has slept better with daddy since about 15 months old. I think it's because I feel very agitated when she smoothers me or kicks and moves at night. I never show it, but I think that somehow she can feel my impatience towards her and it keeps her awake somehow. Her daddy on the other hand is way more mellow, and just seems more calm and snuggly (especially at night). Nightime crying, fussing, or being needy never bothers him. I had to sleep out of the room for a few nights to get her used to not having me there. Now she sleeps fine with both of us, but she always sleeps snuggled up with him and rarely with me.

 

[4Marmalade]

My dd is almost 15 months old and sleeps way better with dh than myself. She is very restless with me and she nurses constantly. For the past 3-4 weeks I have been sleeping a lot more with ds in his bed and leaving dh and dd to curl up together. It works great for us. Dd sleeps next to dh until about 4-5am when she wants to nurse and then we switch (or else ds will wake up and come into our room which wakes dd up again, etc.. etc..

). Last night dh was out of town and it was my big test to see how dd would sleep with me after not really sleeping with me for the past few weeks. Well, she was permanently latched on the whole night. And to top it all off ds (whom we lovingly call "velcro boy") was on the other side :yawning: I don't know....I want to sleep with dd again but everyone sleeps so much better when I don't

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[Jaimep]

I second what the other posters have said. DD at that age slept much better without me, with DH. It was around 18 months that I nightweaned her because of being pregnant and getting no sleep. We basically moved to 2 family beds..Dh and DD in one bed, me and baby in the other. She nightweaned in three nights that way and now a year later she sleeps in her own bed by herself. Dh and I and baby are all in the bed together again.