My daughter just turned 2 yesterday and just over a week ago I got rid of her binkie suddenly. She used to only have it at nap/bed time until she had surgery back in Oct and then she wanted it ALL the time. I had hard time breaking her from it and she kept chewing holes in them. Last week she chewed hole in one and I stood there and told her it was bad and yucky and threw it away and she didn't seem to care until it was time for bed. She has asked for them during this past week but I have not given her one. The only thing I hate about not giving it to her at bedtime is that her sleep schedule is all messed up now that she does not have it. She used to go to bed at 8pm and go right to sleep until about 7am and then take a mid day nap. Now that she don't have her binkie she fights to go to sleep and I end up having to stand in her room holding her and even then she won't go to bed until between 9-11pm and she will usually sleep through the night until 7-8am. She is starting to fight her afternoon nap now as well and then she gets super cranky and throws tantrums all the time. At night time she kinda acts like everything in her room is scaring her. She has a night light in her room plus the light from the bathroom night light shines into her room as well. Sometimes she will actually fall sleep late afternoon watching TV in her room. Can anyone give me any suggestions on how to get her schedule back on track again because this is wearing me out........Thanks to anyone that can give me advice.
Thanks. I know the feeling because I am not sure what to do about the tantrums anymore. I am to the point where I put her in her room with the gate up while she throws her tantums and she ends up trashing her room. I don't let her out until she has stopped. She gets angry over little things. It's very frustrating sometimes.
I took my son's away at 3 and his naps suffered for about a month. I just kept the routine the same and eventually he got back to his 3 hour naps.
You may consider taking the TV out of her room if you don't want her falling asleep to it late afternoon.
Maybe get her something special like a teddy bear to sleep with. I would make it a big deal out of the fact it is just to sleep with. We have one that wears bed time clothes. We gave it to my daughter when she was 2 and I stopped nursing her and moved her to her own room. Its the first time she slept through the night (she used to wake up every 1 1/2 hours to nurse) She is now 5 and still sleeps with the bear every night. We have always just brought it out at bedtime so it doesn't become "just another toy" but a special friend to help her sleep. I hope this helps. Good Luck!
How's your kid's first day/week of daycare or preschool? Please share! :)
- butterfly7909
on Jul. 27, 2012 at 10:14 PM