3 year old suddenly waking every night multiple times scared 😭

My little girl has always slept in her room perfectly fine, even used to ask to go to bed, she would sleep in the dark with the door shut from 7pm -5.30/6am no dramas… the last few weeks she’s been soooo upset before bed most nights, saying she’s scared of this & that (things like her walls & curtains😂) so we have given her a little night light which she’s happy with but every single night multiple times she’s waking up crying, saying she’s scared or even not saying she’s scared just waking up standing at her door calling for us crying bless her! I am exhausted as I find it really difficult to go back to sleep once woken anyway! She must also be exhausted as she doesn’t wake up any later when she’s had a disturbed night but is still bouncing around being crazy in the daytime 😂 please say this is just a phase I don’t remember my eldest doing this!

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Hey my daughter is 3 next week and we are also in this phase 🫩
Last night she was up from 1.30 till about 3am giving all the excuses under the sun. We also have a nightlight.

We have “scared of the dark, needs a wee, scared of monsters, doesn’t want to sleep in her bed and wants to be in with me” so I’m praying it’s a phase 😂

I used to be scared of the noise the toilet made, and the plug hole. My parents helped me make a potion to tip down the loo to scare away the monsters, and my dad made up a story about the friendly little guy that lived in the plug hole. I wonder if there’s something you can do with her that will help her see the scary things as not scary any more? If the nightlight helped a bit, maybe she needs a little torch she can shine at any scary things?

We are having exactly this with our three year old. Last night it was the curtains and the shadow they make. And he’s not getting to sleep until at least 8pm every night. I’m really hoping it is a phase!

We have to send our dog in before bedtime to 'scare all the monsters away'

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My EBF baby responds very well to feeds overnight to fall straight back asleep after waking. I’m conscious this isn’t a long term solution and we need a way of settling him without feeding.

He won’t take a dummy, patting/ hand on chest/shushing etc in crib doesn’t settle him. If I get him out of his crib he’s still distressed and I have to walk around with him for a long time and often still end up needing to feed him to get him back to sleep.

It’s especially hard at night as i also need my sleep and it’s far easier and quicker to quick feed and back to sleep.

Any advice on how I can settle overnight without the feeds?

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This is just super sad but I think it's important to talk about. Hayden passed yesterday & her daughter is 8 years old. Hayden struggled with substances (I believe before she had her daughter, no offense. I've been a big fan since I was 6 years old lol)

What makes me really sad is she didn't have a normal upbringing with her mom. She was forced to do commercials at 10 months old. I can only imagine how her mother tended to her. She was thrown into the screens of acting before being consistently put in gigs for commercials, & once she got a big one that was it for her mom. She forced her to act relentlessly. Whether they got the job or not.

3 months ago she wrote her autobiography & idk honestly if she's truly honest in it. Idk if she knew that how she was raised with such little endearment, love, time to be such a small human.. idk if she ever connected it. It honestly breaks my heart.

So I'm wondering, do you think she passed from addi***** or do you think it was a long time trickle effect of how she was raised? She gave her daughter up to the father early on due to her issues she battled with. I'm not here to state she's a monster, I am just so sad she wasn't whole when she passed. Truly.

I personally believe that we are a product of who raised us, & that is what ultimately lead to her d**** 😢😭 I bet she wasn't loved or consoled even for bumping her head as a toddler that we would even stop to hold ours for a moment, I bet her mom let her cry it out for hours at a time & I bet she hurt her/ disciplined/ scared her into making her an actress. It's so sad. But I think what hurts most is idk if she ever knew that/ wanted to cross that bridge either. & maybe that's why she chased another reality? It makes absolute sense why she didn't fight custody and gave it right away.. so sad.

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