As from my first ever question,My daughter hates sleeping alone.But till the 5th,she wakes up crying.Everytime she will wake up to 3 times a night.Around 12 -5 AM.My Husband Gets up twice everytime (which i feel terrible about)and i get up once.The thing of it is,she will fall asleep and she will keep waking up.We have to read her a bed time story or give her some milk.ADVICE?
Feed her.
Milk is
- Proteins
- Fats
- Sugars
- vitamins / minerals
Aka.... Superfood.
She's waking up hungry.
Nothing will fix that, except food.
Keep,a ore made bottle/sippy in the fridge.
Spend 30 seconds to walk, grab, hand off, change diaper, and back to bed.
You really don't even have to wake up for it.
I can see from your profile that your daughter is 2 yrs old. Therefore, she should be able to sleep through the night without being fed. I would sit her down tomorrow night and tell her lovingly, but very firmly "We are going to read one bedtime story, then have a sip of water, then turn on your night light and go to bed. Mommy and Daddy are NOT going to come back in here until morning. When the sun wakes up, you may wake up. Not until then". You will have to let her cry it out for a few nights and she will eventually learn to soothe herself back to sleep. Make sure she has a sippy cup of water accessible to her.
How old is your daughter? you said she was a "toddler"?
Can she form a sentence and tell you why she is waking up crying? Having her communicate her problems will help instead of trying to give her milk and a book.
She's now conditioning you and your husband....she knows you or your husband will come in and read to her. So instead of reading? Talk to her and ask her what she needs or wants...
There is a reason for her waking up. Find out what it is...by communicating with her...
Good luck!
Impossible to answer without knowing how old your daughter is. Can you please add some details?
I would give very different advice for an infant versus a 3 year old versus a 5 year old.
We need to know the age. If this is a breast fed infant under 6 or 7 months, then this is still pretty normal, and I would suggest starting to help her learn other ways to comfort other then with food.
I am confused by your question. The second sentence isn't complete. Are you saying she's 5 months old? If she's that young she's supposed to be waking up every few hours to eat. Her tummy is about the size of her fist. SO it's normal for her to be waking up. It's also normal for her to be seeking that body to body comfort. She's still little enough to remember being surrounded by you.
If she's older, a toddler between 12 and 24 months then she's not old enough to talk and tell you why she's waking up and if it's pain, a bad dream, hunger, thirst, etc....so you just have to figure out what she's wanting by what puts her back to sleep.
If she's 2 or older she should be able to let you know some sort of answer when you ask her why she woke up.
Once you give us more information perhaps we can be more specific.
Have you considered that it maybe colic. My son was like that and finally I put a little baking soda in his milk and slowly it went away. It won't hurt her, but just don't put too much. :)
She is overtired. Try putting her to bed 15 minutes earlier.
How old is she? If she's still an infant (which I consider 8 months and younger) she is going through growth spurts and needs food.
If she's older. She might be hunger. Or scared. Give her a snack before she goes to bed. Something that will help fill her tummy...not empty calories. Popcorn is one thing my mom used to give me before bed. Many people think it's empty calories however, I don't remember waking up hungry during the night.
