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SLEEP => Sleeping For Toddlers => Topic started by: peacepedalers on February 27, 2015, 05:50:02 am

Title: Tricky Sleep Training Advice needed for 2 & 4 Year old in shared small room
Post by: peacepedalers on February 27, 2015, 05:50:02 am

Hi,

My wife and I have moved our family into a nice travel trailer for a big USA tour set to start in April.  for now we're "adapting" to the kids sharing a small shared room.  Our 4 year old goes out easily but our 2 year old requires we lay with her or she gets up screaming, leaves the bed and heads to the door.  If we don't tend to her she gets louder and louder and wakes up the other one and we often have neighbors close.  we start our wind down good and early but it can take 1.5 hours to get her down and we're going nuts.  we don't have a crib or way to lock her in like we did as an infant.  she's 2.5 now and very strong willed.  any strategies would be great!

Thanks!

Jamie & Cristina

Title: Re: Tricky Sleep Training Advice needed for 2 & 4 Year old in shared small room
Post by: Buttonbobs on February 27, 2015, 17:54:10 pm

Hi there and welcome to BW :)

Does your DD still have a daytime nap? What does her routine look like generally?

There can be a regression in sleep around each birthday and half birthday and we did find our DD struggled a fair bit around 2.5 years. Also the move of your home and the changes that will be going on around your daughter may leave her in need of a little more tlc at BT. This thread regarding separation anxiety might be useful for you to read:

Separation Anxiety in Toddlers

Before you moved into the trailer, was your DD falling asleep independently?