Hysterical child when it comes to bed time:(
By Gemmygirl1
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
Australia
January 4, 2008 10:14pm CST
Hi all,
We recently redecorated the large bedroom (with a fan coz it's summer) for our 19 month old daughter, she loved the room & so we decided to move her in there on Christmas Eve, then she could wake up Christmas morning with a chocolate & toy on the bottom of her cot & associate good things with her new room.
She slept all night every night without a problem, until just recently.
For the past few days now, she has been getting hysterical when it comes to bed time - not so much bed time but when she's taken in to her room she'll start crying & if you put her in her cot the crying gets louder & she struggles to get out of your arms.
If the side of the cot is up, she'll throw herself around the cot in hysterics, trying to climb out & banging her head on the sides.
My partner & i cant understand why she's started doing this now, she's always been so good when it came to bed time & also with sleeping.
Has anyone else had a problem with their child getting like this in their cot or maybe after changing rooms after never having a problem? If so, what did you do to try & fix the problem?If she's already asleep, i can put her in her cot without a problem but if she's not yet asleep then all hell will break loose:( I think it's time we got her a big girl bed but even then, i'm worried she'll just climb out because she can.
Anyway, any advise would be excellent, i'm just having such a hard time sleeping these days coz she's right there beside me to sleep & being pregnant again, i need to be getting more sleep than i'm getting!
Thank you all:) Kel xxx
2 responses
@jennybianca (12912)
• Australia
9 Jan 08
It is not at all uncommon for toddlers of this age to not like change of any kind. It is odd that she accepted it for a few nights, & then reacted negatively. What does she want to do? Go back to her old room?
Guess there are a couple of strategies. One is to make it positive. Her favourite soft toy wants to go to bed now, but can't until she goes to bed. ...The TV reporter said oit is time for children to go to bed... her new room has good fairies that really want her in there, in bed, at 7.30...
Unfortunately the other tactic is the controlled crying technique. Do the usual good night things, then leave the room. If she starts crying, leave her for one minute. Then go back & console briefly. The next time she cries, leave her for 2 minutes, then go back in briefly, then so on. Eventually she will be exhausted enough with all the crying to fall asleep, in the cot and or bed.
What are her day time naps like? She should only be having one now, from around 1.00pm until 3.00pm. No later.
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
13 Jan 08
She accepted it fine for a good week or so, it wasn't until a hot night that she didn't like it. She wants to sleep with me & as far as i can tell, she has no interest in her old room either.
We've tried the control crying thing but the crying starts on the way to her bedroom, once she goes in to her cot it's no longer crying, it's hysterics & throwing herself around in the cot - she could get hurt.
She naps once a day, usually around 2:30 - 3pm - sometimes as late as 4 though coz she'll fight the sleep. Ususally she only naps once a day, although if she's up super early, 4-5am she will have a quick nap in the morning around 10am ~ although, that hasn't happened in a little while now.
I'm all out of ideas though - we have put in a big girl bed now, she fell asleep today in the lounge, i picked her up & put her in there on her new bed, that seemed to go down ok - although i don't want to be waiting for her to sleep at night before i move her in there.
Thank you for your thoughts though, i might have to try something else.
@Gemmygirl1 (2867)
• Australia
5 Jan 08
Yeah that room has a ceiling fan where as her nursery didn't have one.
I'd kind of like help with my problem.
If you cant be helpful, then i'd rather you didn't reply.
Thank you
