Post by megster20185 on Dec 21, 2014 20:27:06 GMT -5
My dd who is 3 years old has all of a sudden started refusing to sleep anywhere but my bed after sleeping in her own room her entire life. Nothing about her bedtime routine has changed. The past 2 nights when I tried to put her in her bed I didn't even get down the stairs before she was at the door screaming for me. I led her back to her own bed many times and even sat with her in her room for a while and that didn't work. Then h and I took turns laying with her in our bed until she fell asleep which was 10:30 on Friday and midnight last night when she is usually asleep at 8:30 then we moved her to her room. She still takes one nap but h and I thought if she skipped her nap today that she would be tired enough to go to sleep but no she screamed when I put her in her bed so into our room we went. Just to see what she would do I laid her down in my room and left immediately and to my surprise she didn't come running after me and I'm sure that she's asleep now. She sleeps in a toddler bed and I'm thinking she's trying to tell me that maybe she's ready for a twin? Unfortunately we can't get her into a twin for a few more weeks. My grandmother passed away in July and we are going to take one of the twin beds from her house but my dad wants to leave the house furnished until it sells and closing isn't until mid January. Any advice on how to deal with this in the meantime is greatly appreciated. She has a nightlight and musical toy which she has always had. Oh and she has a speech delay and is unable to tell me if there is a reason she doesn't want to sleep in her room.
Hmm. I don't have suggestions on how to get her to sleep as I still have to lay down with my 2.5 year old daughter to get her to sleep. Maybe watch an episode of Daniel Tiger? There is one on going to bed that maybe would help?
It does sound like she is uncomfortable in her bed. Would it be possible to use an air mattress or even a sleeping bag on a pile of blankets for a while? Since it sounds like your grandmothers house is under contract would you be able to get the bed earlier?
Post by megster20185 on Dec 21, 2014 20:55:40 GMT -5
Good point about the air mattress. I will try that. I won't be able to get the bed sooner. My grandmothers house is 5 hours east of my house and my parents house is 3 hours east. My dad is having a moving company bring everything to their house then they will bring the stuff that I asked for when they have the chance which will probably be for my birthday in a month.
Post by fancynewbeesly on Dec 21, 2014 21:38:44 GMT -5
My daughter is becoming scared of the dark, and things in her room. Just two days ago, she requested that I take the Sofia the First vanity out of her room (we got it over 6 months ago) because it "scares" her. She also has been sleeping with the desk light on.
Post by justbecause on Dec 21, 2014 22:07:52 GMT -5
I was going to say that that age is prime monster time. My ds is worried about monsters and will end up in with us sometimes. Or maybe uncomfortable? Put the mattress on the floor? Or snuggle until she falls asleep? I'm sorry. Sleep issues suck.
DH did this a little over the summer, he's a little younger though (he won't be 3 until April) so who knows if it's the same type of phase. But he would constantly say that there was 'somethin scary' in his room and just cry and cry at bedtime. If we tried to leave the room he would just keep getting up and say that he wanted to sleep in our bed. He has a small nightlight, but we ended up just keeping his lamp on too; it's not too bright (just a small lamp), but bright enough to appease him. So, it lasted maybe a couple weeks (a few days that were just awful), then he got over whatever was scaring him. We JUST were able to turn his lamp off like, maybe a month ago though, but there are some nights (like tonight actually) that he asked for it to stay on. ::shrug:: it doesn't seem to hinder his sleeping and it settles him down.
Oh, he also had two of those giant stuffed animals in his room and we took those out because I was thinking those might be his 'somethin scary' (he wouldn't actually tell us WHAT the 'somethin' was). So I would see if there's anything that might be scary looking in the dark in her room? Good luck though, sleeping issues drive me batty.
DS had trouble at night around 3 too. His toys scared him, his nightlight was too dim, his sheets were scary. It was just a phase that he outgrew so I just kinda rolled with it. Took the toys out that he said scared him, gave him extra cuddles, sat with him until he fell asleep if need be.
My daughter is becoming scared of the dark, and things in her room. Just two days ago, she requested that I take the Sofia the First vanity out of her room (we got it over 6 months ago) because it "scares" her. She also has been sleeping with the desk light on.
She's probably seeing some sort of slight light reflecting in it and it is scaring her.
No advice, but at 2.5yo, DS is suddenly afraid of the dark (despite keeping a flashlight by his bed and upgrading to a stronger night light) and only wants to sleep in "the mama bed" even for naps.