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I am having a very hard time with getting saree asleep and there is def accidental parenting happening here.
With her newly acheived milestone of standing up, i cant seem to get her to lay down long enough to relax and fall asleep. As soon as i leave the room she is up and crying for me, when i come in she just wants to play and if i lay her down she is trying to get up again unless i physically hold her back which i hate doing but dont know what else to do. When she finally lays down she is constantly looking up to see if im still there, which means i really cant leave unless she is three quarters asleep, unless i put her down when she is half asleep which means she was lying on me
, i know bad bad.
So in order for her to really relax not only do i have to stand beside her crib i have to keep my hand on her both so that she knows i havent left the room and also so keep her from trying to stand up. Even standing further away or sitting on the crib wont do it bec she will constantly get up.
Phew!
So there is my problem, I am desperate for some advice the same thing happens if she wakes at nite which is how she sometimes ends up in my bed, becuase it will take her a long time to settle down enuf to fall back asleep (which requires heaps of patience, something i lack between the hours of 2 and 5 am)
Please someone help me out here. I am at wits end. I really am feeling myself lose patience after a while and i am not being as gentle as i should with her when telling her to lay down
Should i post this somewhere eles??
