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Arrrggghhhh! Go to sleep!

22/3/2015

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I am sitting here, perched on the edge of Little E's bed at 8:49pm. She is still not asleep.

She is 4yrs old but yet I still need to sit here, sometimes for up to 2hrs to get her to fall asleep.

It is a roulette. Some nights she is fast asleep within half an hour. Some nights I almost have to snake charm her to sleep. Husband and I regularly eat dinner post 9pm because of this rigmarole. In fact 2 pies are burning in the oven right now because I am sitting here.

She has never been easy to put to sleep. We are taking lullabies and crawling out of the room on all fours. I used to feel pride when I finally got her to sleep but now it is despair. Surely by now she should be able to go to sleep without me losing my whole evening!

What an I doing wrong? Seriously, does everyone do this?

Linking up to #maternitymondays at becomingastayathomemum.co.uk

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Farmerswifeandmummy link
23/3/2015 03:25:03 am

Oh you poor thing. We had this and it took A YEAR of the withdrawal method and continually putting her back in her bed when she screamed.
I still read the story in the door frame on all fours so I can crawl out. It is a nightmare. Try the gradual retreat, be super strict on bed time every night and walk out. I would even be tempted to put a baby gate on her door. For your own sanity, this has to change.
You're not alone though it is a nightmare. Big hugs xxxx

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Caroline (Becoming a SAHM) link
23/3/2015 06:52:23 am

Oh my goodness you poor thing that sounds so hard! We took a fairly hard line with ours as babies and are lucky that they both sleep well, Monkey is a brilliant sleeper now. It's not for everyone but I really recommended reading Dr Ferber's "Solve your child's Sleep problems" I wrote a post about it here: http://becomingastayathomemum.com/dr-ferbers-progressive-wait-approach/ but whatever road you go down, I hope things get easier for you soon! Thanks for linking with #MaternityMondays I am sure most of us mums have uttered the "go to sleep!" line many times! xx

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Mim link
24/3/2015 07:48:48 am

Aww I wish I had some tips to help you with this but I don't so instead I will offer support in the form of a virtual hug! I don't know the solution, if there even is one - some kids just need help to sleep don't they. I hope a solution is found at some point and not too many burnt dinners away :) Mim @ www.mamamim.com #MaternityMonday

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Sarah Howe link
24/3/2015 07:50:12 am

This must be so hard!! My little one is only 18 months and she goes down on her own but as the comment above says I was quite harsh and taught her from 6-8 weeks plus to self settle and sleep alone. Have you tried the Super Nanny tact of putting her in bed and leaving her and if she gets up keeping trying, not saying anything, until she crashes? This could take a week or so to master but she may learn she has to sleep alone and you are going to leave. It's kind of similar to what I did with my daughter, except I got her up for a cuddle but always put her down awake xxx

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