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Moved Maren back into to Tommy's room... frustrating
I think I posted when we first moved that Maren will not stay in her room... she had been downstairs in the middle of the night, waking us, etc. Well, we moved her into Tommy's room for a bit... problem solved. She wanted to move back into her room. So we did. And she started getting up in the middle of the night again. So she moved back into Tommy's room last night. I have no idea what she is scared of (neither does she), but I didn't give her a choice about moving. It is not good for either of us if she is getting up in the middle of the night. She is mad that she has to sleep in her brother's room, but she slept all night. The only thing I worry about is she is such an early riser, she will wake Tommy earlier than he normally would wake up and she has night terrors and talks in her sleep. She woke him a few times last time they shared a room. Argh.
Re: Moved Maren back into to Tommy's room... frustrating
Seriously frustrating! Have you tried a baby gate in her doorway so that she can't get out at night? I am definately not to this point yet, so take that with a grain of salt. I just know it works for some co-workers. Their little ones initially would scream at the door way, but it was only a few nights of that and they realized that no one was going to come and take the gate down.
I don't have any advice, but just wanted to give you some sympathy.
Tell me more about night terrors. This sounds awful.
I just read this blog post this morning. It might be worth a shot and its a neat idea!
http://www.prudentbaby.com/2010/12/tape-trick.html
Night terrors- she wakes screaming/ crying but isn't actually awake... sometimes her eyes are closed, sometimes open. She never remembers it. Occasionally she will have a night terrors and then sleep walk to come get us to put her back to bed... she is never aware of any of it the next morning when it happens. My DH sleepwalks/ talks but it is way scarier that is she doing it.
My ss use to have this problem and it was because he had to go to the bathroom. My H started taking him to the bathroom half awake before he went to bed at like midnight and it helped.