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help part 2, i cant cope anymore
Hi ther
Up until last sat my 2yr old lo would go to bed no problem. She would have a bath, bottle and go into her cot bed and fall asleep herself.
Now it is a fight for a bath she wouldnt go into her cotbed and i ended up taking her inmy bed.
We bought her a toddler bed which i'm waiting on delivery for. She just crys and crys and i give in and either let her up to play for a while or jsut go into my bed with her (which i know goes against what everyone says.)
I have just managed to come off my meds for pnd and was coping well considering my mum had a heart attack and i found out my dad has terminal cancer.
i dont think i can sope anymore, i just cried and cried lastnight.
will it get any better, does any one else take their lo into bed.
i'm hoping having a big girl bed will help
Sorry for rambling but just needed to write it down
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As far as lo being a nightmare come bed time, some of that could be that they're just picking up on how tense you are and playing up. My lo (17mth) is very difficult to put in bed and he does come into bed with me more often than I care to admit, partly it is my own doing and partly I just feel we'll both get a better nights sleep as he still doesn't sleep through, maybe it's wrong but it works for me, I do think if he had a bed rather than cot it would help though so really hope it works for you, just relax though otherwise there'll probably be a bit of playing up. Look after yourself
Which will all be changed in december when my second is due lol. Keep smiling and things will work out in the end xxxx
We cracked the bedtime bit by cutting out her daytime sleep (she had 2 hours) so was knackered by bedtime and would fall asleep within minutes. Then I told her daddy was going downstairs and she was a big girl and could go to sleep by herself.
She still slept in our bed until Owen was 10 weeks old. One night I just took her back when she came in told her to close her eyes and go to sleep. After a few nights she didn't even bother getting up and now we don't hear a peep from her she sleeps from 6.45/7pm until 7/8am
We did try leaving her to cry and rapid return but neither of these worked she just needed reasurrance
It will get better, good luck with the bed
xx
She was up 3 times a night till 9 months old and i just snapped on night and scolded her and told her to be quite and go to sleep! this actually worked and she has had no problems since!
I would say NEVER take your lo into bed with you but i know you would do almost anything for a good nights sleep. Its so hard to know if your doing right from worng but hun you seem to have so much going on in your life right now, perhaps as the others say you should go back to your gp, coping with too much too soon wont help you get better and as a bad PND sufferer i know only too well what happens when you think everything is ok and coming off meds etc too early. you need to take a deep breath and take care of yourself too.
Big hugs hun, i hope your lo settles soon. xxxxx
Thanks for the support and advice. She really is an angel all day just playing up i suppose at night