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sleep problem with 20 month old

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tjacksonpfc · 04/04/2006 09:46

hi all im after some advie my dd has always been a good sleeper and will go to bed after a bath at 6pm quite happily last week she was down at my mums with her brother for a week as we had my dps son moving in we had to swap the bedrooms around so dd is now in her brothers room with all of her own stuff bed toys etc. the last 2 nights we have had her bedtime routine done as normal and when we have put her to bed she has screamed the house down the first night i sat in her room till she went to sleep at 9pm last night i put her to bed and closed the door and waited outside as she can now open bedroom doors she came out once and got put straight back into bed and she screamed a bit more but it sounds like a temper scream in the hope that wwe will take her down stairs again. once she is aslepp she sleeps thrpugh till 8am has anyone else had dealing with this.

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laughalot · 04/04/2006 10:35

Hi my ds is 20 months and is a fairly good sleeper untill we moved him from a cot to a bed he thought it was his chance to escape and if dident get his own way we new about it. Maybe its the change in room it make take her a little time to get used to the new surrondings. Have you tried putting a stair gate on her bedroom door that has worked with ds. Try not to worry to much she will settle down eventually but remember dont give in they know how to test you at this age.

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bizzi · 04/04/2006 11:41

My ds was also a nightmare to get to stay in bed/sleep once he could open doors himself.
Your problem sounds like it might be more related to the change though. Is she used to spending time away at your mums? All 3 of mine have to go through a testing/settling in period each time they return from a stay with my parents.
How well does she know your dp's son and do they get on?
You don't say how old she is but can she see any benefits from sharing a room with her brother, find some and point them out to her!
Is 6pm a bit early now? Try a bit later maybe so she's more tired and see how she copes with less sleep...
Good luck and as Laughalot says try not to worry, it's only a stage. Hard though, I know how important evenings are!

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tjacksonpfc · 05/04/2006 07:49

thnaks both for replys yes she knows my dps son well he used to live with us before. shes used to going and staying down my mums as she has done it since she was a baby. its hard to keep her up later than 6 as she asks to go to bed then as she has dropped her afternoon nap and also my dp is a postman so he is in bed between 8/9 each evening himself so if she was up any later we would have no time together and as soon as we got her to bed we would be going to bed

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