Yep, I said it. It sucks! Amelia has now decided that she doesn't want to go to bed at night. She cries for just about 2 hours each night. We put her in bed, she gets up and comes into the living room (she can open the bedroom door now). It's not fun at all. We have tried just about everything to get her to go to sleep. We have went in to soothe her, love on her, let her stay up later, Yell, scream. Bryan made her bed into a tent...thinking that it would be fun, but nope. Now the one that is going on now as I type......we have put up the baby gate in the door to her room and ignore her....let her cry and over react, as we ignore her.
The worst part, Poor Norah, she is sleeping right next to this all. Her bed is right by the door too, so she gets to hear all of Amelia's cries and screams. She seems to sleep though it all....thank goodness.
The light side of it all is that she was super sweet when I went I tried the soothe method earlier. I was rubbing her back and chest to calm her, and she would then rub me too, she was rubbing my arm, then since it was dark, she would reach for my mouth with her little hand and then take her binky out of her mouth and then give me a kiss. It's so sweet.
However, yet the soothe method is sweet, it hasn't worked just like all the other methods because it's 10:00 and she is still standing in her bedroom door crying!!! She says mama, I love you. Breaks my heart....but not enough to let her stay up. Nope, it's bedtime and she need to learn that. Yes, bedtime sucks!
So.....if anyone has any tips for me to get her to go to bed, PLEASE send them my way. We need to get her to bed. I'm about to call Supernanny or Nanny 911 for help.
1 week ago
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You poor things!! We are going through this too with Valerie. Honestly the *only* thing that has ever worked (and we have a list like yours) is completely giving her zero attention. If she gets out of bed I put her back in once and tell her, "It's bed time sweetheart" and leave (quickly.. I don't re-cuddle with her or anything. she already had that) If she does it again I put her back in bed without even speaking to her and go about my business.. almost as if she's not effecting me. Even if she gets negative attention it's better to her than no attention (atleast to valerie.. and from what I've seen on supernanny!!) I'll let you know how this goes.
I also have a reward chart for Val-- maybe Amelia could get in to that. I just drew up a bunch of boxes (like a calendar) on a piece of computer paper and taped it to her door. If she stays in bed once we've said good night,etc. she gets a star sticker. If not, she gets an x. (I do usually give her a warning) If she gets 5 stars she gets a prize. She earned a prize last week.. but this week has yet to earn one star. ugh. I thought I figured something out. ;)
Keep me updated w/ what you're doing. I'll do the same. This is the hardest part of parenting, honestly.. the sleep issues!!!!
No real tips. Just be consistent with putting her to bed. Keegan has those moments too. Sometimes I cave and rock him a little - five minutes or so. But then back to bed. It's just a phase! This too will pass!
I feel for you. Tyler did this when he was little and it's so hard and you feel so bad for them.
Just keep being consistent and just keep putting her back in bed and honestly it will pass, it seems like it takes forever but it will.
Here's hoping it passes soon for you!!!
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