Sleep regression—ride it out or try to correct?
My daughter has started waking up several times a night, crying for us and coming into our room. Previously she would sleep straight through and play by herself if she woke before we got her up. I’ll add that we moved house and she started nursery last month and we took the side off her bed not long ago. So lots of changes that are probably making everything worse, but we are absolutely exhausted. She gets up around 5 ready to play, despite waking up several times in the night. We tried having her in our bed but we couldn’t sleep at all and she was still waking very early.
I know everyone says to do whatever you need to do during regressions to ensure everyone gets sleep but none of us is sleeping well at all. My daughter is so cranky and whiny during the day so she’s clearly in need of more sleep. We don’t know whether to ride it out and do whatever’s necessary or be consistent in getting her to sleep by herself. (I will also add that she has not napped since she turned 2 but we have tried earlier and later bedtimes and she’s still waking at 5 and multiple times a night.) Any advice is greatly appreciated—if this is what having a 3yo is like I am definitely not ready 😮💨
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Ahhh this is why my little one is waking multiple times a night too then! I didn’t even think of a sleep regression.
Not sure if it will help in your situation but I’ve done alot of pre-warning. I do it all the time anyway but I’ve started in regards to bed time.
So before she goes to sleep I will say “if you wake up in the night, you need to lay back down and stay in your bed. You don’t keep getting in and out or calling unless you really need me”.
Then at one point it was getting really bad (I have a camera in her room) I said you don’t get out of bed until the green light comes on. From my phone I will put the light on the camera. Most mornings she would still wake very early but would lay there And not disturb anyone until the light was on.
If she doesn’t feel well or needs the toilet she will still wake us but if she just wakes for the sake of it she will just lay there and talk to herself until she falls asleep.
Hope this helps, good luck x
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