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Yet another child sleep question. Adele's sleep has gone down hill for the last year, ever since she has been potty trained. I have tried EVERYTHING I can think of to get her to stay in her room and actually go to sleep. Her bed time is 8pm, we do her usual routine and then leave the room with her stoplight alarm clock and a small lamp on. She's always been told she can read as long as she stays in her bed and is quiet, somehow that shifted to staying in her room and is quiet, so that has become an issue because she sees it as play time. Tonight I went back to enforcing the staying in bed and books only, no toys.
Our usual night is that we put her to bed at 8pm and she comes in and out of her room at least a half dozen, usually many more, times before she finally goes to sleep around now (9:30 -10:15). I've tried not giving her an afternoon nap. Yesterday she didn't have a nap and we still struggled until 9. Today she took her nap because by lunch time it was obvious she was tired and in melt down stage but she is probably just now falling asleep at 10pm. She is (or was) a prize oriented kid so we've tried that too, offering her a surprise/toy the next morning if she would go in her room and stay there - last night I even showed her the prize hoping that would help. Not so much, the prizes have lost their effectiveness.
On really bad nights we put a child safety knob on her side of the door so that she can't get out and she usually falls right asleep after we do that but throws a big fit before hand...
I'm at a loss and would welcome any and all suggestions...
Our usual night is that we put her to bed at 8pm and she comes in and out of her room at least a half dozen, usually many more, times before she finally goes to sleep around now (9:30 -10:15). I've tried not giving her an afternoon nap. Yesterday she didn't have a nap and we still struggled until 9. Today she took her nap because by lunch time it was obvious she was tired and in melt down stage but she is probably just now falling asleep at 10pm. She is (or was) a prize oriented kid so we've tried that too, offering her a surprise/toy the next morning if she would go in her room and stay there - last night I even showed her the prize hoping that would help. Not so much, the prizes have lost their effectiveness.
On really bad nights we put a child safety knob on her side of the door so that she can't get out and she usually falls right asleep after we do that but throws a big fit before hand...
I'm at a loss and would welcome any and all suggestions...
No great advice here. Our oldest used to come out of her room probably 10 times a night. She would come in and either dh or I would walk her back to her room. It was exhausting and frustrating for all involved, lol. The first time she comes out you could take her to the potty, at least that would be out of the way so to speak. I know all of our children sleep fitfully when they have to pee but don't want to get up and go. I think she has had lots of upheaval and change in the last few weeks, you can try different bedtimes, no dairy, etc. but I think in the end she just needs some time to settle in (and that time could be months). All of this will get better, just try to get your zen on in the meantime
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I need to nip in the bud what I've been doing with R too. I've been leaving books on the nightstand next to his crib because I think he's been "reading" in the morning and letting me get some more sleep in the morning but last night he was up on and off from 1-4 and wanted a book. I've created two sleeping monsters, I was hoping for a night out this weekend but I think it's going to have to wait until next weekend.
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