our little girl forever waking and getting up in the night

[dave thefish]

hello all.any suggestions or help from those of you who have had simillar experiences.our little girl has just turned 3 and for the last month out of previous character she is waking and getting up 3 or 4 times a night sometimes more and most but not all gets into or trys to get in our bed.she dosnt always wake up crying each time and sometimes sneaks in !! what can we do to try aand stop this and why is she doing it.any thoughts?? thanks very much as we could do with some sleep !!!

[aims1202]

Its common for 3/4yr olds to have fears and have bad dreams. so it could be this. or if there is some sort of change at home or something coming up she could be feeling a bit insecure. Help her to feel more secure by having a night light and maybe a special teddy to look after her. When she comes into your bed say to her, you can have a quick cuddle then back to your bed. take her back and say it sleep time. keep on doing this and stay calm. try not to get annoyed. when she has gone through the night without coming in reward her in the morning.
this worked with my son.

[ethanryan]

hi my son is nearly 3 and we had these problem recently. first we had to put his stair gate back up on his bedroom door to stop him trying to get out of his room. when he woke up we just said its bedtime now and lay him back down. giving him as little attention as possible. if you start a conversation with her she will do it even more, we found that the night light made him wake up more. i think it is just a phase they go through. if you follow through with putting her back to bed without really talking to her she will just stop doing it. my son used to do it through habit.