Toddler sleep help-desperate!!!

A little background. My dd is almost 3 and has been an amazing sleeper.
Recently she developed a yeast infection and started to wake up once a night to go to the bathroom. Fine no big deal.
From there it has gotten worse and worse.
She started waking up crying saying she was itchy and needed medicine.
I have had her at the dr 3 or 4 times. I took her Tuesday after she was up 2 hours saying it hurt.
Now in the back of my mind I knew that she is definitely the kid that will play this up and "manipulate me" a little bit.
Anyway I took her tues and ped says infection is gone and that she is probably complaining at out habit an because she now know that is what will get me to come in the middle of the night.

Well tonight has been horrific. 2.5 hours of screaming at bedtime climbing over the gate to get out of her room with every excuse under the sun of why she can't go to bed. It's too dark, my pants are too long etc

She woke up at 2 am and had been up for nearly 2 hours. The doctor told me if she wakes up put desitin on and hen let her cry if need be. Problem is I can't keep her in her room.

She is definitely the type of kid that if you give her an inch she takes a mile. I am so torn. Is she still umcomfortable and need me or is she just being 3.

Also how so you keep kids in their rooms?

I am so sad over this. I feel like a terrible mom. I want to do the right thing for her and I hate this.

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Oy. No real advice, but to you. It is so hard...

I feel like I would lay down with her in her bed til she goes to sleep. Prob creating bad habits, I know, but crying is just too heartbreaking for me.

Hang in there!

Message edited 11/7/2013 9:26:01 AM.

Toddler sleep help-desperate!!!

That sounds really tough. I'm sure you're talking to her about it during the day. Maybe you can come up with a reward and tell her if she stays in her bed all night she can get or do something special.

Toddler sleep help-desperate!!!

my daughter is a nightmare at bedtime every night, shes 3.5 ... took two hours for her to fall asleep last night. every night its an excuse, i'm hungry, im thirsty, my eyes hurt, you name it she complains about it.
thing is shes exhausted but doesnt want to sleep

I was the same way at her age.... I guess this is pay back for what I did to my mom lol

When you figure it out, please let me know.

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I have tried and used the reward system. It works.
Santa Claus is a big thing right now too!!!

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Thank you! I have been having her work for something. I am going to try a prize box that she can see in her room.

The hardest part is I really don't know if she is truly uncomfortable or just playing me.

She must have asked for cream 50x last night. Maybe I'll try a chart where she can only have cream a certain amount of times.

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i think she is just playing you on the itchy part DD does it sometimes with other things and she will be 3 in January. DD does this if you give her the idea that somethign is wrong than somethign is wrong.

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Toddler sleep help-desperate!!!

Thank you. I was following this thread and I forgot about it. Sleep deprived……DH works nights so I am home alone dealing with it.

It's really getting me down. I feel terrible. And the nights that DH is home he is only making it worse for me b/c he has no patience for the screaming.

Thanks for the support.