My dd (3 and 1/2) does not want to sleep in her room at night. She will take naps in there and she goes to sleep for the night in her room, but she always wakes up to come into my room or she goes to the couch. We moved about 3 months ago so I would think she's over that transition, but I'm also pregnant and getting very large so there is a lot of change going on for her right now.
This is really odd for us because she's been a great sleeper who has never slept with us her whole life. I know in one of the L&L cd's it says to say "sure, you can come into bed with us" when they come into your room and then roll on them to make it super uncomfortable. Well, my dd doesn't even try to get into bed with us she just sets up all of her blankets, pillows, and stuffed animals on our floor *quietly* while we sleep. We don't even notice until morning. Our floor is very hard and uncomfortable too so discomfort doesn't seem to be the answer here anyway.
She has a night light (a red one so it doesn't mess with her sleep), white noise, and a solid bedtime routine. She won't tell us why she doesn't want to sleep in there, so we don't know how to fix it. I just don't know if she's truly scared or uncomfortable in there or if she just doesn't want to sleep in there for whatever reason. Is this something I should even take a stand on? I just don't know what the right course of action is here. What do you think?
My dd is older now, but she did the same thing when we moved into our house. She couldn't really verbalize at the time why she didn't want to sleep in her room, but as she's gotten older she's said "there's something in there". The ppl that lived here before us weren't the best ppl & we believe that energy leaves imprints, so we did a kind of "energy cleanse" of her room. She sleeps in there just fine now for the most part. There's still the occasional "I wanna sleep with mom & dad", but not the level of scared there was before.
I don't know how you feel about any of that, but just thought I'd give you my experience! We also tried the book "The Sleep Fairy". It worked, but I have a problem with leaving a gift every night like the tooth fairy lol
Good luck!!
How do you go about doing an energy cleanse on a room? This apartment had some shady characters living in it a few years ago (I've heard) and it couldn't hurt to try. Last night she did tell us that she was scared and pointed to the ceiling. Also, we live on the bottom floor so the upstairs neighbors' beds may make squeaking or scratching sounds in the night. Plus they don't go to bed at 8 like she does. LOL
http://www.crystalinks.com/smudging.html
We basically did what's called 'smudging' on the house (focusing in on her room) using sage. This site tells you a little about it. No chanting or anything:), just burned the sage to bring positive energy into our house. We do it every now & then still. I know it sounds goofy...believe me! Lol It really did work though! You're right, you don't have anything to lose by trying. It may be the ppl above causing noise that scares her too. Watch out though, too much of the sage gives me a headache. I'm kind of sensitive to smells, so it may just be me. We got the sage sticks at a 'new age' type store called New Realities.
Good luck...let me know if it works for you!
Awesome site! I've been thinking about doing that but never knew much about it. Thanks for the info!
My dd is 4 and 1/2. She recently started trying to crawl into bed with us too. Ironically, we just moved too. Only a block away, so maybe not nearly as a far as you, but definately a different part of the neiborhood. We moved from low income housing to regular housing, so there's less people around. When she does it, we just give her a hug, and put her back into her bed. We tell her she has her own room so she needs to sleep in it.
Quoting campbellgirl:The ppl that lived here before us weren't the best ppl & we believe that energy leaves imprints, so we did a kind of "energy cleanse" of her room.
I have a strange question. Do you think those imprints can be interactive. Wow, not that I've written that it sounds silly. We have had a little bit of activity, nothing big or scary, but from talking to the neighbor, we have found out that the people who lived here before us were tweekers. The maintenance crew even had to use that detox paint on the walls. We have heard whispering at night and my dd says there's is a monster in her room. We just thought it was her being 4, but now all she does is draw pictures of monsters and talk about monsters. Perhaps we will try to smudge the whole house.
My son is having the same issue right now. He says there's a little boy ghost in his room and he can even describe him. He says that the bittle boys hits him at night and hides his toys then will just sit on the floor and wait for my son to wake up. I'm gonig to have the house blessed and hope that takes care of it but I just thought it was odd. especially since all you guys are going threw the exact same thing.
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