So, I think I may have been spoiled for the past two years because Lily has always been an amazing sleeper! We have never really had a consistent struggle of her sleeping through the night or even going to sleep when she is supposed to. It's been wonderful so far until the past month or so. She'll go to sleep, but STAYING asleep is the issue.
Our AC in our upstairs (where we sleep) isn't exactly in working order right now. So we've been just sleeping with our windows open and fans. It hasn't been too bad, but yes I will agree there have been a few nights where we as a family have come downstairs and slept on couches. So for the first little while, she would wake up because it was hot. She would ask for a drink and we would get one for her and would take her downstairs to cool down. Well it has been starting to cool significantly at night, and isn't NEARLY as hot as it used to be. She is still waking up every night expecting to get a drink and to sleep in our bed with us.
Ok, I have NEVER been a fan of her sleeping in the same bed as us. I still am not a fan. We only brought her in a few times when she was scared but it has apparently stuck. So now I have decided what we need to do is help her in HER room and take care of the problem in there and then once there are no more obvious problems we'll leave. Well, she obviously doesn't like this idea. Last night she woke up just before midnight and after we left her alone at about 12:30-12:45 she was still crying until almost 2. She's getting much more stubborn every day so it's just a power struggle at that point. It's hard because Todd has to work in the morning so when this happens he usually moves downstairs anyway so he can get some sleep. So anyway... I guess what I'm saying is does anyone have any ideas of what we can do to get her to sleep in her own bed? We have a nightlight that we turn on, we have a fan blowing right on her, even though it's already cool. Any other suggestions?!
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The only other suggestion besides letting her cry that I can think of is put her to bed a half hour earlier each night. other than that, you might have to just let her cry and cry. And with the crying it out method, the second night is usually even worse then the first, but it gets better after that.
She already goes to bed at 8... I don't really dare put her to bed much earlier than that. I think I may just have to let her cry it out...maybe a week of it will get a little tough, but we'll have to work with it...
Have you tried some music? I would play some soft classical music when Daniel was going to sleep and after a few days it just became habit, so when the music starting playing he knew that it was time to go to sleep. That might help, we still play some type of music or have a sound machine that just plays soft background noises, Daniel always tends to sleep better with something playing. Good Luck!
All I can tell you is that it doesn't get better the more kids you get. I can't remember the last time I slept through the night :) They're worth it tho!
P.S. Read my comment on the 24th post :)
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