My daughter never sleeps.?

Question

my daughter is 1 and will NOT sleep in her crib. She and her brother (2 yo) share a room. The reason they share is because there are two bedrooms downstairs, and two upstairs. the two upstairs are painted pink, but she is too young to be up there by herself in my opinion, so we just put them both in the downstairs bedroom cause we are downstairs. she slept with us or in her co-sleeper the majority of her life so far, but she is getting to big! it's getting crowded in a queen sized bed with three ppl in it. i want her to sleep in her crib, but she will not stop screaming and it causes her brother to stay awake too. when i put her in bed with us, she rolls around and acts like she is not comfortable. HELP!!!!!! i haven't slept in 2 days because i have been trying to make her sleep in her own bed, and she wakes up every 15 or 20 mins. and screams unitl all you can do is pick her up and put her in the bed with us. i am going to lose it, and so it her big brother!

Answer 1

Hey why don't u let her fall asleep in u'r

arms make her feel comfortable, when she has been sleeping for a long time (20-30min)

put her down.If she still screams,She might be having bad nightmares.If she can talk ask her wat she dreamt about.I'm not sure if it will work, JUST give it a try!

Answer 2

You created the problem the child didn't.  You are going to HAVE to allow her to cry/scream for awhile until she learns how to self sooth.  If it means keeping her brother up all night so be it you only have yourselfs as parents to blame.  Since you keep going in to put her in your bed it will continue...the only other option is to put her brother upstairs, in his own room

Answer 3

give up your room ...and sleep in the crib

Answer 4

Children need rountine. The best way to introduce anything new is to make it part of something bigger. My son slept through from 6 weeks old and had no problems progressing to his own room, then a big boy bed.

I'd personally recommend:

Bath same time every night.

Supper same time every night.

Story ( in the bed ) same time every night

In whatever order. Obviously story last. But keep to set times and routine. If parents are trying to get their children to bed at seven one night then taking them out for dinner at seven the next night the children will not get into a routine.

Be firm. Don't let her sleep in your bed. You'll never have anytime with your partner and this time is important.

I know it heartbreaking to let them scream themselves out but there is a bonus. She will wear herself out doing this.

Answer 5

Try the controlled crying technique.  Be prepared for about three days of h**l before she gets that you will NOT get her out of bed unless she has a dirty diaper or is unwell.  My eldest went through this phase too, and until I did the controlled crying technique with her, I was so exhausted I would literally be curled up in a ball crying on the floor during the day, as I was just so tired I couldn't cope.  Best of luck, and don't give in to her.  She just needs to be taught that things have changed now, and you're the one in charge.

Answer 6

tell her(even if she doesnt understand)you guys need your rest and if she keeps on just calm her down tell your son to go back to sleep and when she is calm enough to the point where she is sleeping put her back in the crib and go back to sleep

          ~good luck

Answer 7

put her in her own room, you could try those soft toys that the mummy and daddy have in their bed for a night so they smell of the m+d then give baby the toy and it will help, it really helped with me. play her some music and maybe that will help. there is some courses for babies/toddlers that cant sleep so maybe you could look at them. good luck!