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    Posted: 07 May 2008 at 9:08am
Not sure what is going on but we are starting to get fed up with Amelia's night time sleep routine. Lately she has been going to bed earlier only because she is having her day nap earlier and that is fine. The problem arises later in the night. Her sleep during the night has been very disturbed since we moved here. I can count the amount of times she has slept the whole night downstairs in her bed on 1 hand. Most nights she will wake either at 10pm or 3am screaming (usually accompanied by NO NO NO) and the only way to settle her to bring her upstairs and into our bed. She acts like she is scared of something down there, she stops crying as soon as we get to the top of the stairs.

We have made sure it is warm as possible down there so she isn't waking because she is cold.

I leave her for as long as possible before coming down to see what the problem is, I usually find her sitting up on top of her covers with her back to the door crying and saying no no.

Having the (any) light on only makes the problem worse because then she just keeps pointing to her door and wanting to come up stairs.

We just aren't sure what to do. As much as I love co-sleeping each night, my sleep is now poor and we are meant to be TTC #2 but with a toddler lying between you, it kinda kills the mood. Every time I roll over or try to take my arm out from under her she starts to cry no no.
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Have you thought about having the house blessed?

It sounds like you're doing everything I would.

How old is Amelia and how long have you lived in the new house? It could be an age related stage or that she's still getting used to the house and feel vulnerable and confused when she wakes in the early hours so instead of settling herself she wakes you instead. If that's the case hopefully it'll pass once she's settled in.

Michaela went through nightime wakeups a few months ago (I think it was to do with teething and moving into her new bed). I started making a huge fuss before bed about getting a stamp if she slept through the night in her own bed. That seemed to work.

I hope you find something that works for you.

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Yeah someone else mentioned getting the house blessed - I have a couple cleansing spells I could try before getting someone in!

She is nearly 20 months and we have been in this house since start Feb 08. She sleeps in the there happily during the day.
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Maybe you could try having a little sleepover in her room as reassurance that there is nothing to be afraid of as long as you don't think she will expect it every night.

A friend of mine has a 23mth old that woke up screaming as if terrified of her room, she bought on of those pink mosquito(sp?) nets and made a big fuss of it being her special fairy house that keeps scarey things out.
This worked really well for her.

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we have a white net so we could try that too. I am going to try the sleeping in her room but yes she will come to expect that every night.
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Michaela and 2 other OB kids who are the same age went through this a couple of months ago (they would have been about 21 months at the time) so it could be an age thing - something to do with seperation anxiety

Michaela grew out of it fairly quickly. The first step though was not pulling her into my bed. It's the easier, more comfortable option and I'm totally pro co-sleep but nowadays I prefer to keep my bed to myself so I stopped allowing her to come to bed with me and would instead comfort her in her own bed. I would go to bed in my own bed as normal but if she began to wake up I'd go to her room asap to resettle her before she'd woken up fully. If I needed to I'd stay in her bed with her. Once I'd broken the habit of her coming into my bed she started resettling herself again.

The other thing was lot's of praise and recognition when she did sleep in her bed all night. Initially she got a stamp for sleeping in her own bed even if I'd ended up sleeping in there with her then she only got stamps if she'd been all night without disturbing me.

I hope you find something that works.
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