sleeping at night

[Charlotte & Emily]

emily doesnt have routine at night yet
ive tried everything!
she wont go to sleep at night, until shes exhausted at about midnight
i try leaving her but she just screams, and i have to stay in the same room and have nowhere else to go.

any tips?

 

[eightball]

No advice from me, I'm up every two hours at night myself, just wanted to give you a hug . . .

 

[Nicky_Jones]

What we did (right from day one) was decide on a bed time (7:30 in our case so that Daddy gets a bit of time with her after work), and set that as bed time. The bedtime routine starts just after 7, when we take her to her room, close the curtains, strip her off, so she gets some nappy off time, and normally plays with Daddy, while I run her bath, empty the nappy bin, get her night time clothes etc together. We then share bathing her (alternate nightly), after her bath, I dry her, put her nappy on and sleep suit. I then turn the main light off, and give her a breast feed. When she is finished, I lay her in her cot and put her in her gro-bag, say good night, turn the lamp of and close the door. I don't talk to her after I start giving her her feed, and from then on I treat it as "night time" I don't talk to her or stimulate her at all, and I won't take her out of her room. If I need to go back in and her her a hug, feed, nappy change lie with her etc I do so but I don't turn the light on, or talk to her. I then get her up at 7:30am, every morning.

What are you day time naps like? Then she was sleeping for about 3hrs spread throughout 3-4naps.

 

[Mrs_Jay]

sorry hun i have no advice jack goes from such extremes, one night he go to bed at 6 no probs and other nights he'll just scream the place down until like u about midnight if u try to put him to bed even tho we do exactly the same routiene. so i just wanted to give you lots of

 

[MissThing]

I dont know if this might help becourse Daniel is so small.
He usually goes in his cot at 10 pm after a good feed. And then I switch off all the lights, but I still stay with him, while watching telly or reading (then I leave the reading light on). He grumbles a bit, but doesnt cryies, and after a while he falls asleep
Before that starting from about 6 pm I dont let him have any naps. And during the day I spend some time with him outside.

 

[trixipaws]

try a lil routine like bath, pyjamas, feed, bed. dont make 2 much eye contact or talk 2 her much as it overstimulates them, and dim the lights.
i was lucky it worked 4 me str8 away but u might need a week or 2 to establish it and put up with some crying. on the few occasions when millie has cried iv waited 5 minutes, then gone in without turning lights on or talking to her or making eye contact, just picked her up, gave her a cuddle, and put her back down. iv never needed 2 do it more than once but if i had 2 i wouldve kept doing that til she settled.
good luck