For many of us with toddlers bedtime can be a pain in the bum in my experience i was very bad at giving in and made the mistake of lying with my daughter until she was asleep. I found out very quickly this was not a good idea as my daughter would wake up when i was gone and would not sleep until i went to bed. As a result mine and her dads relationship suffered as there was no time for us we decided it had to change we need our time back to be a couple not just mum and dad 24/7. I spent hours searching the internet trying every trick in the book none worked until i combined a few ideas i found online and a few tips frome her lovely grandparents. Alot of the advice was based on controlled crying which mortified me as being a mother i hate my little girl crying but i decided to give it a go.
I found on its own conrolled crying did not work for me as i couldnt handle the crying and screaming and felt like i was failing my child. In the end i came up with my own plan there was some tear and tantrums but it has worked and only took 3 days which was a bonus. I will say this may not work for everybody as all children are different and im not qualifed to say hey do this it will work as it may not . This is what i did and if you choose to give it ago good luck.
- We established a bed time routine which will vary person to person ours is tea , wind down time , bath time , story time and bed.
- On the first night i sat out of sight going shhh shh shhh repeatedly until she fell asleep , sneeking out of the room 5 mins after shed dropped off. I think about 30 mins later she woke up. All i did was put her back to bed shh shh shhhing until i was out of site behind the door going shh shh shh until i felt she was asleep which worked and she stayed asleep until the next day yay not bad for night one i was shocked lol .
- On the second night i did the same as night one but sat outside the door shhing until i knew she was asleep . Again after about 2 hours she woke up so i put her back to bed and sh shh shhh from outside the room again until i knew she was asleep then she stayed asleep all night.
Disclamer i do not judge anybody and would appriciate no nasty comments.