I have never been more frustrated as a parent as I have the last couple of days. (Not even when Iz was colicky the first few months of her life) I have no idea what happened to my sweet, easy going, good at going to bed toddler but she is gone and I WANT HER BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I knew that i never should have posted about her toddler bed transition because it most certainly has bitten me in the butt.
The last several days of nap and bedtime have been sheer torture. My child will scream, kick and carry on until her little body finally gives in. I am at my witts end! She is so irrational! We haven't changed anything! Her bedtime routine is the same. I don't get it! Now she will say she has to go potty about 3 times before bed. We rock her like always and then she needs another rock, then the real battle begins. Trying to get her to stay in her bed/room. The only way I have found is if I sit in the her room on the floor till she falls asleep. Depending on how long the battle has gone on depends on how long this will take. I just sat up there for over a half hour and she never fell asleep. She has NEVER done this before. What the HECK is goign on and how do I fix it??!!!!
Please I NEED HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Alana,
I went through this with Jack when he was 2 years old and it took about 2 weeks to get through the transition of the toddler bed. The first few nights were awesome until he realized he could get out of bed. Then the fun began.
I didn't know what to do so I watched an episode of super nanny where this same thing happened and I did exactly what she suggested and it worked. I stood at the end of Jack's bed with my back to him so he knew I was there but DID NOT make eye contact with him... (that was an important step) then every time he got out I put him back in. I'm telling you it was HARD on me emotionally and it lasted about 45 minutes of constantly putting him back but after 2 weeks he never did it again. He just gave up and he figured out that I wasn't going to cave and that going to bed meant staying in bed.
I remember how hard it was for me too and I feel for you but just know that Izzy will be fine and she needs you to be strong.
You're doing a great job. Hang in there!
Uggg, I feel your pain. We face the same battle in this house some nights, and others, it's a breeze. There seems to be no rhyme or reason to it and it drives me batty!!
I think it's just another of the boundary tests to see how far you'll go and how much you'll give. Wish I had some words of wisdom, but alas, I do not.
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