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Ok so I am sorry I really haven't been posting for a while we have been super busy lately. First we were on vacation in California. We went for my husbands cousins wedding in Malibu. It was amazing and we also went to Disneyland. Ellie had such a blast. I did to since it was my first trip as well. We went with my husband's parents and let me say that 6 people 1 room a horrible idea. If I had to stay one more day with my mother in law i was going to pull my hair out. Ok not that i dont love my mother in law she is the sweetest person ever. But when you are forced to stay in 1 room for 5 days it gets to be to much and well anyone will drive you crazy. things you didnt know about others you find out and well my mother in law is the biggest control freak ever. if you were wearing something she didnt approve of it was like the end of the world and she would well complain about it for ever until you changed or something. And then she even started to actually drive Ellie crazy. very annoying.
Ok so now to my real question/concern. So Ellie is 2 years old and is starting to get affraid of the dark at least that is what it seems like to me. So last night she woke up at like 3 and it took me until 6 am to get her to go back to bed and even at that she had to come in our bed with us. I have been told to not do that as much as possible because you dont want her to get use to it and then start to depend on that. She does have a night light and it is on every night. Well tonight I was putting her to bed and she cried for like 20 minutes and then I let her stay up for 5 more minutes and had to leave her regular light on just so that she would go to bed. I am going to leave her light on all night and hope that she will sleep through the night. My question is this....Is this normal for her age? I have always been told that it is common but not until they are a little older like 4 or so. Does anyone else have this problem? If so what would you suggest we do? I just dont know what to do. She has never been affraid of the dark before and has actually liked the dark. Any suggestions would really help.
Thank you,
Crystal |
| Posted by Crystal on 10/14/2007 12:58 AM
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| Sarah will be two in Jan. and she started doing that, but i think it is only when her daddy is off and she is wanting him.He works nights so 5 out of 6 nites he is at work when she goes to bed, but what we did is I will go to her in her room and lay down.She is still in her crib, but there is a twin bed in her room so me or her dad can lay on it. I do that so she wont get use to being in my room.Try falling asleep with her. |
| posted by Natasha on 10/14/2007 09:32 PM
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| My son is now 2 1/2and about 4 or 5 months or so he started the same thing, so we leave light on in the hall and I found his night light, I used when he was a baby and put it back in the room. when he falls asleep we go and turn the light off in hall and he hasn't woken up since, but we also cut out a couple of movies and TV shows he was watching too. |
| posted by Michele on 10/15/2007 03:39 PM
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The last few nights we have been leaving her bedroom night light and a little small light on which seems to have helped a bit. She hasn't really woken up since. I have also asked that my husband not play his video games while she is up. He has been playing that Halo 3 game and Ellie watched the other night and that was the same night that she woke up and since has been scared of the dark. We have also been taking a warm bath and reading a fun book before bed time. It is nice having her in a twin bed so that her and I can cuddle because she loves to cuddle. I guess with her being scared of the dark just really suprised me only because she has always loved the night. She gets excited when the sun goes nigh night and the moon comes out and she is always wanting the lights off. well until just the other night. I am hoping that with no more scary video games and with us spending more time at night together helps her fear of the dark.
Thanks
Crystal |
| posted by Crystal on 10/15/2007 11:36 PM
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