I know you are all dying to hear how Daphne is sleeping. O.K., maybe not, but there are people out there googling about two year olds having sleep problems and coming to my blog for wisdom so I figure I should impart some of what I have recently learned about sleep.
First the facts.
I have a three year old and a two year old who have both had more than their fair share of sleeping issues including (but not limited to!);
- nightmares
- night terrors
- sleep walking
- power struggles going to bed
- pacifier attachment
- waking up screaming
- waking too early
- difficulty transitioning out of the crib
- unwillingness to get out of bed unless mom or dad comes (seriously, I'm not complaining but it gets old)
- wanting to sleep with someone
- being afraid of being alone (which is a bit different than the previous problem)
- Waking up multiple times a night, having difficulty falling back asleep
I am not an expert by any means but I have been through a lot and learned a lot. I think I'll tackle each of these issues in chunks. I would LOVE to hear from those of you who have been through some sleep issues as well. The more wisdom, the better!
In the rest of this series I'll talk about some of the basics of sleep as well as each of the specific circumstances I mentioned above and how we navigated our way through them. If you have any wisdom to add to this discussion please leave comments or feel free to email me and I'll include you as a guest! And I know many of you are very wise on this topic because you've already emailed me some pretty wise things to help me through my two year old problem. By the way, Daphne is now sleeping in her own bed, in the same room as her sister, going down without an argument, staying in bed, only waking once a night, and most importantly not screaming! Everyone clap because it wasn't easy!
