Hello moms! I always read mamasource, and I love it! I have never asked a question though, and now that I am having an issue, I figure, who better than the smartest people ever.....you moms!! So, thanks in advance for your advice. OK, so here is the situation. My two year old daughter who has been the best sleeper ever since she was a baby, goes to sleep at 7:30 and wakes up at 7, is starting to wake up in the middle of the night and call for us to come in her room and sleep with her. Or, she will just come in our room and ask to sleep in our bed. She goes to sleep with pretty much no prob. We read stories and she is ready for bed, but she has been asking for us to leave the door open at bedtime now. She has done this for like two months and it has been a month or so that she is waking up at night. I can't think of anything at all that has changed. I am guessing she is afraid. I didn't want to leave a light on in her rooom, b/c I thought that would wake her up even more. So, I have been either escorting her back to her room and staying with her until she falls asleep again or letting her in our bed like once or twice. Has anyone had this problem? Am I rambling? Ok, well thanks sooooooo much for any advice. Hugs to you all!!!
D.
Try to Sage her room to clear the energy. You can also do affirmations...maybe in the form of a lullaby at night. For example "I am safe...I am happy to sleep in my bed at night...lullaby and good night...I sleep through the night". They also sell lavender pillows at "Relax The Back" stores that helps with sleep.
Good Luck.
Dear D.,
I am a mom to 3 month old daughter ? but the problem with waking we had with my little sister when she was 2 months.the first thing we did and this is what I would reccommend is to find out the reason WHY and WHAT scares her at night .Couse usually it is something or someone that scared a kid and you might have simply simply missed it .Analise the sit and try to reccolect what might have coused such a reaction.Then discuss it with your daughter.But you have to be careful since what you think might not be a real reason.Kids usually say what they are afraid of but we sometimes simply don't hear them.we in case with my sister we managed to find an event that led to the problem.Also let the child leave a door open and a little bed or night lamp on ( not the one on the wall but a little one in socket. Hope it will help.N.
2 yr molars?
what happens if you give some motrin before bed?
my 2 yr old is teething right now
Hi, D.. Well, there is no simple answer that will work for everyone. However, I think that if your daughter is scared, a little bitty night light left on during the night will not hurt her at all. You might want to see if she is getting more teeth and that is waking her up, or maybe her stomach is bothering her.
Try also to shorten her naps during the day so that she will need more sleep at night. Wake her from her nap ten minutes earlier than usual to start with so that she will not really notice the change, and then gradually take away another few minutes until she is sleeping about 30 minutes less for her nap than she was before. Her body will then cause her to sleep more soundly at other times, like during the night.
Children around this age can start developing sleep terrors and nightmares. You might want to read her books about "monsters" that are not really scary, such as Sesame Street monsters like Cookie Monster who don't hurt anyone. Maybe this will help her to stop being afraid of things like shadows when her mind forms them into weird shapes in the dark.
You might also want to talk to her about fear and what it means. Also talk to her about dreams, and how they can't hurt you no matter what happens in the dream -- it's just a story. Children of this age are not able to tell the difference very well between fantasy/dreams/thoughts and reality, so this may be an excellent time to introduce to her the concept that some things are just stories or make-believe. In other words, thoughts and dreams are just another way to play. You could try joining in with her when she is playing pretend, like letting her be pretend-mommy and you being pretend-daughter or something like that, and then maybe acting out something that you read together in a book, and then showing her that that is like what happens in dreams -- and try to make thoughts pleasant instead of letting them be scary.
Anyway, I hope this is helpful.
Peace,
Syl
