DD will be 4 in November, and is making me crazy! She has had a ton of change lately - we moved her far from her many friends, playdates, and town with tons of preschool focused activities, baby #3 is coming in October, which she talks about constantly (so it's obviously on her mind), and we finally took her pacifier away completely.
She has definitely had trouble adjusting - increased temper tantrums, cutting out naps, asking to watch television, etc. It doesn't help that her mom is exhausted and worn down, but I do pretty well working with her during the day. The problem comes at night. When DH is at work, I am pretty much done with the kids by 7pm and would like to go to bed. We've always done an 8:30 bedtime with a pretty good bedtime routine. Lately, she is out of bed and off in search of me SEVERAL times each night. "Mommy, I'm scared", "I miss you," "I'm hungry," and the best - "I'm sad because there's not enough pink in my room." I'm at my whits end. She now has a nightlight, white noise machine, and a fresh glowstick to sleep with each night. I've tried rewarding her for staying in bed, the glowsticks (which do help a little), laying with her a few minutes, making her bedtime a little later, making her bedtime a little earlier, and now I'm out of ideas. I'm completely failing and I'm so tired! I just want my time to myself for about 30 minutes before I pass out. Any thoughts???? At this point, no idea is too out there, expensive, crazy, etc. Bring it on...
She has definitely had trouble adjusting - increased temper tantrums, cutting out naps, asking to watch television, etc. It doesn't help that her mom is exhausted and worn down, but I do pretty well working with her during the day. The problem comes at night. When DH is at work, I am pretty much done with the kids by 7pm and would like to go to bed. We've always done an 8:30 bedtime with a pretty good bedtime routine. Lately, she is out of bed and off in search of me SEVERAL times each night. "Mommy, I'm scared", "I miss you," "I'm hungry," and the best - "I'm sad because there's not enough pink in my room." I'm at my whits end. She now has a nightlight, white noise machine, and a fresh glowstick to sleep with each night. I've tried rewarding her for staying in bed, the glowsticks (which do help a little), laying with her a few minutes, making her bedtime a little later, making her bedtime a little earlier, and now I'm out of ideas. I'm completely failing and I'm so tired! I just want my time to myself for about 30 minutes before I pass out. Any thoughts???? At this point, no idea is too out there, expensive, crazy, etc. Bring it on...
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