DD used to get between 12.5 - 13.5 hours of sleep a day. Now she is getting maybe 9.5 to 10.5 and I am at my wits end.
She used to go to sleep between 7:30 and 8:00 and then wake up between 6:15 and 6:45. In addition she would take a 1.5 - 2 hour nap. For the past month she is waking up between 5:00 and 5:45 and maybe taking a nap every third day if I'm lucky. She is REALLY crabby upon wakeup and goes to her door and starts knocking on it and yelling for Mamma, Mamma. At that point, we have been going to her room and tucking her back in and then waiting until 6:00 to get her.
She is in a toddler bed and has discovered how to open the door, so we put a handle on the inside, so now she can't open the door. She also is in the process of pottly learning, so I don't know if waking up in a wet diaper is setting her off. It seems like we have tried everything - putting her down later, earlier. What has remained a constant is that her room is in total darkness, she has a solid bedtime routine and puts herself to sleep easily (maybe a little cry here and there, but nothing major). I'm just so tired! I go to sleep before 9:00 so I can tackle my day, but at 1:00, I am totally dragging and have a toddler who isn't napping!
Any helpful words are needed!
