Whoa....i feel like we have a newborn here, we're up so frequently lately! We have a 2.5 yr old dd who up until 2 months ago was a great sleeper. It was really bad early June, and then got better, and now it's bad again. Here's what i think is going on:
-Sep anxiety - is started one night when we were gone, then restarted when my DH was gone
-Bad Dreams - she tells us about them - and her imagination is blossoming!
-Overtired - it's just compounding each day.
-Milestones - growth spurt (2 1/2 years), potty training, teeth (2 months ago it was clearly)
-New baby 7 months ago...less mommy time!
2 months ago when this started, we ended up sitting in her room until she was asleep. Then moved outside room, then got better. So we started doing that this time, but it's not seeming to help. I've read some on here about WI/WO - but do you do this in the middle of the night?
Doesn't this wake them up when you check on them? That's my big question. Maybe some of you could describe how you do it a bit more so i have a better picture. seems like most of the posts about it are for younger kids.
Because i'm sure someone will ask, here's her routine (when it was good):
6:30 Wake (i'd love it to be later, but she's stuck on it)
12:30 Nap for 1.25 hrs give or take
7:45 Asleep (leave the room around 7:30
So this if she sleeps all night (which even when things were good, she was waking once in the night 1-2 times a week), she gets around 12 hrs sleep (we assume - i guess you never know how long it takes them to fall asleep, you know?) I keep reading in various places that for her age she should get at least 12 hrs total sleep. Is that enough? It did seem like putting her to bed earlier helped her before - helped get over the overtired, but as much as we've tried, we can't seem to get her to fall asleep b/f 7:30. this morning, after losing about 2 hrs sleep throughout the night, she woke at 5:50. ARGH!
THe last couple days she's been waking several times at night - every couple hours. and naps has been 45 min to 1 hr. since we've been sitting in the room we can see that it takes her a long time to fall asleep sometimes - 45 minutes - just rolling around like she's not comfy or something (probably an overtired thing, huh?) We wonder if us being in there is getting annoying to her...becoming a prop... we've been waiting for things to improve some b/f we start sitting outside the room like before, but in some ways it's gotten worse.
ANY HELP?
thanks! Sarah