Freya
Toddler and baby
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Can anyone help? I'm at my wits end, my almost 3 yr old is waking every night at 3.30am since around the time dd2 was born at the end of July. Prior to that she has sleptvthrough since she was 8 months old.
Initially I thought it was a development thing with her being aware she has bad and good dreams etc. Then I thought perhaps it was an anxiety related thing because of the arrival of dd2, & she needed reassurance I'm still there for her (daddy isn't called out for, it's mummy). So I've been going in, stoking hair, telling her I love her, tucking her in and putting on a musical light show fir her to drift off to. It usually works. I tried asking her to look after a new cuddly toy because "she needs to show him how to sleep". Tonight I've had to go in three times since 3.30am and my dd2 is due to wake at 4.30 for next feed! Plus I think in coming down with a bug she's just had and feel generally just rotten tonight.
I now don't want to analyse it, I need it to stop because I'm already bf a baby through the entire night and I'm exhausted with having the extra wake up calls in between or at the same time as night feeds
What can I do?
Initially I thought it was a development thing with her being aware she has bad and good dreams etc. Then I thought perhaps it was an anxiety related thing because of the arrival of dd2, & she needed reassurance I'm still there for her (daddy isn't called out for, it's mummy). So I've been going in, stoking hair, telling her I love her, tucking her in and putting on a musical light show fir her to drift off to. It usually works. I tried asking her to look after a new cuddly toy because "she needs to show him how to sleep". Tonight I've had to go in three times since 3.30am and my dd2 is due to wake at 4.30 for next feed! Plus I think in coming down with a bug she's just had and feel generally just rotten tonight.
I now don't want to analyse it, I need it to stop because I'm already bf a baby through the entire night and I'm exhausted with having the extra wake up calls in between or at the same time as night feeds
What can I do?