I’ve also got a 2 year old that’s a pain in the butt at the minute. Lots of whinging and loss of independence he just wants to play or be on me ALLLLLL the time. It is a lotI know it’s normal but the change in my son since he hit 2 years oldhe was happy independent boy, now our day is mostly crying and tantrums. It’s just so difficult. Nursery have also said he’s much more emotional about toys and demanding certain toys!
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I honestly don’t know what to do anymore about my 3 yr olds sleep. Saturday she woke for the day at 3.45am and didn’t go back to sleep. Yesterday she was awake 3.15-4.45am and tonight I’ve been up with her since 1.45 and it’s 4.10. I work almost full time and she is in nursery. I don’t know how she is running on empty. If I leave the room she totally freaks out. She won’t sleep on my bed unless she’s in the mood to go back to sleep. I feel like such a failure of a mum.
Trust me you are definitely not a failure. Perhaps she is coming down with something?
what do you do when she wakes up? Does she still nap?
If you makes you feel better I’m sitting here replying crying as I have had the worst few days with my toddler. He won’t sleep in his own bed, the battles to get him back in his room are so bad I give up (I know it’s not what you’re meant to do) but when you’re shattered and in the middle of the night you just give in. He won’t be on his own in the day either. He has a meltdown if I’m in another room. I’m getting hit smacked and slapped on a daily basis.
honest the neighbours must think I’m close to the edge and about to murder him the reactions he gives to just getting dressed or getting in the car seat. Being a parent is the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life!!
Thank you both. Sometimes it’s nice to know it’s not just me. I don’t even mind if she comes in with us if she will go back to sleep but she literally just stays awake for hours. I do not know how she has the energy for anything. She’s in the process of dropping her nap so I wonder if it’s that. I just hate that this might be my evenings and nights forever more.
It will pass but when you’re in the thick of it, it’s so so hard and colleagues/friends go “but she’s X years old, doesn’t she sleep through?”.
I think after the first year, people don’t really care about your sleep deprivation or sleep struggles either so you feel helpless
We are struggling with the actual going to bed right now… every excuse under the sun comes out of my 3.5yo and it’s tricky with a 6 week old!
I think after the first year, people don’t really care about your sleep deprivation or sleep struggles either so you feel helpless
We are struggling with the actual going to bed right now… every excuse under the sun comes out of my 3.5yo and it’s tricky with a 6 week old!
Has anyone ever had any experience of IBS in little ones? It’s not diagnosed, but we never get normal poos. Either constipated or loose. Google suggests that’s what it is (I’m not sold on Google!) but I wonder if anyone has ever known it before we face the drs again x
Our LO went through this a bit last year (mainly loose ones). She’d go 3 times in an hour so we’d have to collect her from nursery and then she’d be fine for days/weeks then it would come back again so we knew it wasn’t a bug type thing.
We did go to the docs and we had to provide a stool sample (that was fun!) and then it was analysed and come back fine. I think it was diet related (maybe consuming too much fruit and the natural sugars made them looser).
I would probably keep a food diary for a while and see if there are any patterns so at least you have something to show GP? x
That’s where my concern is going because he’s starting nursery in July.
The Dr thinks it’s where he’s getting backed up, then it’s all backing up around it. So maybe it is that!
Food diary sounds a good idea though, incase there is anything food related! Xx
Does anyone else’s toddler grunt or moan when falling asleep? It started after she got scarlet fever in November and she had a cough she couldn’t get rid of for weeks.
We did lactulose and had support from dietician with no help but laxatives seem to be helping!
after a night of no sleep last night because he was so uncomfortable.. so hopefully they’re just what he needs xxxMy 4 year olds preschool are preparing them to leave for school and it’s really not helping my daughter. She doesn’t want to leave, she’s scared of starting school as they’re telling her how she’ll have to do this and that as that’s what they do at school. Why can’t they just let her enjoy her last month there. Surely it’s the schools jobs to prepare them with their rules. Isn’t that what the first term is?!
Honestly the emotional outbursts are totally draining me and my partner. I’m hoping it improves once she has some settling in sessions with the school because this is tough. It doesn’t fill me with confidence on how school will be for her. I can’t go through the meltdowns and school refusal again
Honestly the emotional outbursts are totally draining me and my partner. I’m hoping it improves once she has some settling in sessions with the school because this is tough. It doesn’t fill me with confidence on how school will be for her. I can’t go through the meltdowns and school refusal again
Does she have friends at pre school that are going to school? My son was a lot more confident about school when he knew a few of his friends were going with him, incase that’s any help xxxxMy 4 year olds preschool are preparing them to leave for school and it’s really not helping my daughter. She doesn’t want to leave, she’s scared of starting school as they’re telling her how she’ll have to do this and that as that’s what they do at school. Why can’t they just let her enjoy her last month there. Surely it’s the schools jobs to prepare them with their rules. Isn’t that what the first term is?!
Honestly the emotional outbursts are totally draining me and my partner. I’m hoping it improves once she has some settling in sessions with the school because this is tough. It doesn’t fill me with confidence on how school will be for her. I can’t go through the meltdowns and school refusal again
Yes she has two friends from preschool going there with her. One is a good friend too. But her best friend isn’t going with her so she’s bereft. She says she won’t feel safe without her best friend there.
I’ve signed her up to the preschool holiday club over the summer and will have lots of play dates with them which I’ve told her. I think it’s just the unknown which is worrying her. I had her in my bed last night and she’s asked if she can stay until she leaves preschool
Oh bless her!! Are school doing much? We have 2 activities before school breaks up and school goes to nursery for a morning.Yes she has two friends from preschool going there with her. One is a good friend too. But her best friend isn’t going with her so she’s bereft. She says she won’t feel safe without her best friend there.
I’ve signed her up to the preschool holiday club over the summer and will have lots of play dates with them which I’ve told her. I think it’s just the unknown which is worrying her. I had her in my bed last night and she’s asked if she can stay until she leaves preschool
It’s a hard one isn’t it, because you want to get them ready and for them to understand but equally, its months til they go and they're not old enough to comprehend time!
Does anyone else have it where every so often sleep just goes to tit? My little girl is 4.5 now but we seem to be back to waking every night getting upset. It's a completely different time every night and when I go in she seems half asleep and won't say anything to me about what's wrong. She goes back to sleep fine but I'm finding I'm shattered every day at having broken sleep. And she's waking early again I'm tired man.
I'm tired man.My daughter loves nursery and is also unsure about school in September. Likewise my friend whose daughter is super confident and outgoing is also scared about starting school, bless them must feel like a big change.
Also her sleep has gone rubbish too. I guess it’s all linked. We still have a baby gate on her door because she’s never tried to climb it or anything and I didn’t want her coming out her room falling over the dog in the dark but she’s learnt how to open it herself now. She woke me up sometime around 5 this morning getting into our bed. My husband is away with work and I have a feeling the only way I’m going to get any sleep is to let her sleep in my bed but then I worry about making a rod for my back.
Also her sleep has gone rubbish too. I guess it’s all linked. We still have a baby gate on her door because she’s never tried to climb it or anything and I didn’t want her coming out her room falling over the dog in the dark but she’s learnt how to open it herself now. She woke me up sometime around 5 this morning getting into our bed. My husband is away with work and I have a feeling the only way I’m going to get any sleep is to let her sleep in my bed but then I worry about making a rod for my back.
When my eldest was starting school she was quite anxious, when I spoke to one of her nursery teachers she said they avoided calling it “big school” because this can be scary for little ones. That’s the only bit of advice I have tbh! Try to avoid talking it up too much as they can start over thinking and it can make them worry.