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2 1/2 year old suddenly horrible to put to bed
For the past month, Kate has fought us tooth and nail going to bed. We wondered if there was anything scaring her and she said there wasn't. She just wants me to lay with her for hours on end. The second I leave... sometimes even after she falls asleep, she flips out. It is nice to be wanted, but I haven't had a moment of peace at night in a month and I am getting really crabby without some relaxation. Any suggestions? When we let her cry, she strips herself naked and screams for an hour if we leave her there and sometimes even vomits. HELP!
Re: 2 1/2 year old suddenly horrible to put to bed
Have you been peeking in our windows? Seriously though.
Elijah started this a few months back, he has since stopped stripping down (he was also doing a 2am wardrobe change and going back to sleep). He does still want us to lay w/him which can take up to an hr, including us falling asleep, which sets me back in our nighttime routine.
Sadly, we are not thru it yet, so I have no advise for you there. Things that do help it go fast are using a night light, playing soft music, and cuddling tight, warm.
I hope it is a phase for us both, who knows when it will end. Maybe try a chart? We are going to try that w/E for the potty, can't help but think it may work for nighttime routine as well.
Good luck
It's a phase!
My bffs daughter went through it from 2.5 and it lasted a couple months unfortunately.
Some of the recc's my bff got which I passed them on when *I think* Erica had issues with M were a flashlight OR no flashlight, no nightlight or anything that would make shadows. Reading nothing but happy stories before bedtime. Getting a sound machine, letting her pick it out.
If your DC isn't potty trained (or potty training), how about taking a zippered footie pajamas and cutting off the feet, then putting it on DC backwards. DC won't be able to do a mid-night strip.
No advice about the screaming. Shannon has a "sleep cry" (even though she will wake up some nights) pretty much every night around midnight. Some nights she outright screams. I just let her be. She's been doing it for so long, I basically ignore it.
But, take a look around her room and see if there is anything that casts a shadow. I had a giant mouse in my room as a kid (box fan in the window with three blades... cast a huge scary shadow in my room). She may not be able to vocalize what is disturbing her. You've got to think like a kid... and their imaginations can run away with them!
Good luck. I hope it's just a phase and quickly outgrown!