Baby Won’t Sleep PLEASE HELP!!!

Brittany

Dear Fellow Mamas,

Please, Please help me! This is my first child. My One Year Old daughter refuses to sleep at night. I am now having trouble at work and being motivation to handle any of my errands or business because of such a lack of sleep. I don’t have much help and her staying up so late is really taking its toll on me. She will sleep as soon as it’s time for me to go to work. Her schedule is backwards. She will sleep and crash around 3 but stay up all night and take mini cat naps. She has a hard time falling in a deep sleep because she always want to make sure I’m right next to her. She is so attached to me that the moment she hears me get up or feel that I am not there, she jumps up out of a deep sleep and screams/cry for me. She jump up out of her sleep just to check and make sure I am still there. So, I must keep bathroom breaks down to a minimum. Mama’s, I need some advice. Please help me!

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Ha

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She is still in bed with you I’m assuming? I personally would put her in her crib. But you prob are just going to have to keep her awake all day. Or force a nap around noon/1.

Br

Brittney • Feb 1, 2018
agreed, keep her up during the day (for a day) and you can get back on schedule in no time!

Li

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Do you put her down for a nap? Try and get her to nap before 3. I put my daughter down for a nap around 1ish and make sure she is up by 3 at the latest otherwise she won’t go to bed. Have you tried controlled crying? It’s not letting them cry and cry for hours it’s just doing it a few minutes at a time and keep going in to lye her down so she knows you’re still there and you haven’t gone anywhere. It may take a few days or a week but try and stick with it, it can be really effective (but not always) Has she got a favourite teddy or anything she likes? My daughter has 2 teddies she like to take to bed with her, it helps them. Just a few things I can think of x