Sleep issues

Sorry for the lengthy post but I am starting to feel at a loss. My daughter is 15 months and has always been kind of a rocky sleeper for me at least. Her dad and I have been split since she was 8 months old. She has gone between our houses every week since we split. When at my house it always seems to be a struggle to get her to sleep. Most of the time she wines and cries even when I try to comfort her. Every once and while she will scream and cry to the point she is not consolable. The other night she did this for 2 hours straight. I did all the things tried comforting her, Tylenol, bottle, and changing her eventually settled down because I turned Ms.Rachel on. That night she didn’t end up going to bed until midnight usually she’s down by 9:30. Though even when I tried putting her down again as soon as I put her in the bed she started screaming even though she was exhausted at this point. This has happened in the past just not this bad. I have told her dad about how I struggle to get her to sleep at time and he says that at his house she always goes straight to bed and he never has any issues… We both have her 50/50 throughout the week. At daycare she always goes down for her naps great as well. I don’t understand it. At this point I feel like she just hates me.
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Your daughter doesn't hate you, but if it is only at your house, but there may be an environmental trigger to consider, or simply habit. Turning on Ms. Rachel is unfortunately a bad one. I won't get into the issue of tv itself, but tv time while it should be time for sleep is not a good habit. Many kids are also sensitive to evening television and it causes sleep problems. Even if you're just doing it to keep her quiet, it may work in the short term, but in the long run it will make the problem worse. The best thing for us has been to keep night time strictly for sleep. Quiet, dark, soft voices, maybe a drink of water, but absolutely no tv or playtime. If mine insisted on being awake and playing, I'd put her in her crib. She may cry, and I'd go in if it got too bad or went too long, but if she was just awake and babbling, I let her be. She needs to understand that night time is boring and she might as well sleep because there isn't anything else to do.

It may also be that there is some cue in your own behaviour that she is picking up on, even if it's simply that you will always go in to pick her up. It's fine if you want to do that, it's your choice, but it may mean that she is more likely to cry out for you because she knows you will get up with her. It may be that she seeks comfort from you more often than dad or a daycare caregiver. It's hard to say. But it isn't that she hates you, she's either used to a certain routine in your home, or she simply knows how you will respond if she cries.

Your baby doesn't hate you for sure. Could it be that she misses you whole she's in other places and in that way she tries to show you that she needs you more? Does she behave all other time with you? Is she OK when separating with you and going to her dad? Babies are sensitive to mother's mood too. So your wellbeing can influence on her as well.

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