My daughter is a perfect child -- well close anyway. She was sleeping through the night until about 4 weeks ago when she caught a cold. Since then she has been waking frequently nearly every night (6 out of 7). She cries loudly during her sleep and seems to wake herself up and continues crying loudly. When I go to pick her up, she points to the door like she wants out of her room. She seems anxious, even scared, which is not like her.
Until last week, we had company in the house, so I made a decision to take her into our bed - something I had not done once I got her sleeping on her own. I noticed that she often moves and cries in her sleep. To complicate matters, I had in the past worked hard to get her to sleep on her own, doing what what necessary to build these sleep habits. I was committed to doing this, but now I'm 5 weeks from delivering baby #2. I'm physically and emotionally exhausted and I need my sleep. My husband is not willing to spend time with her at night. My normally mild-manner husband is a bear in the middle of the night!
Any suggestions??
