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I don't know if it's ok to post a non-dc question on here but my husband and I are desperate.
Our twins turned 3 in early April and until that point have been great nappers and were going to bed with no problem. They nap 3 hrs during the day (1-4) and then were sleeping 7/7:30 - 7a.
Right around their birthday one of my daughters started fighting going to bed and it has gottan progressively worse.
We have always had the same routine...dinner, bath, books, bed. They have slept with the same sound machine since the day they were born.
The past couple of weeks we are doing the same routine but when we go to shut the door she has 50 requests (shake my blanket, fix Minnie, hugs, kisses, and then at the door we have to say a few things just the right way or she'll have us repeat them over, and over and over). We've tried doing all these things, told we won't do these things and she needs to go to sleep, we've cleaned everything out of their room that could be distracting (toys, books, things she had collected in her bed)...tried everything. Once we tell her..."that's it we've said Goodnight we're shutting the door now" she loses it and will scream and cry for upwards of 2 hours. At first we would go up there and do what we could to settle her down but it just made it worse and extended the battle. So the past week or so we just let her cry at the door and 9 times out of 10 she falls asleep at the door (they have always had the child proof handle on the door so have never been able to open it). But it's after hours of pleading for us to come and give hugs or take her to the potty, etc.
We are at our wit's end and just don't know what to do! They used to be fast asleep by 7:30/7:45p but recently it's been 10p or even later. What worse is her poor sister is in the room with her and has to deal with all this and doesn't get her sleep even though she's trying.
If someone has any advice or has dealt with something like this I'm desperate.
Our twins turned 3 in early April and until that point have been great nappers and were going to bed with no problem. They nap 3 hrs during the day (1-4) and then were sleeping 7/7:30 - 7a.
Right around their birthday one of my daughters started fighting going to bed and it has gottan progressively worse.
We have always had the same routine...dinner, bath, books, bed. They have slept with the same sound machine since the day they were born.
The past couple of weeks we are doing the same routine but when we go to shut the door she has 50 requests (shake my blanket, fix Minnie, hugs, kisses, and then at the door we have to say a few things just the right way or she'll have us repeat them over, and over and over). We've tried doing all these things, told we won't do these things and she needs to go to sleep, we've cleaned everything out of their room that could be distracting (toys, books, things she had collected in her bed)...tried everything. Once we tell her..."that's it we've said Goodnight we're shutting the door now" she loses it and will scream and cry for upwards of 2 hours. At first we would go up there and do what we could to settle her down but it just made it worse and extended the battle. So the past week or so we just let her cry at the door and 9 times out of 10 she falls asleep at the door (they have always had the child proof handle on the door so have never been able to open it). But it's after hours of pleading for us to come and give hugs or take her to the potty, etc.
We are at our wit's end and just don't know what to do! They used to be fast asleep by 7:30/7:45p but recently it's been 10p or even later. What worse is her poor sister is in the room with her and has to deal with all this and doesn't get her sleep even though she's trying.
If someone has any advice or has dealt with something like this I'm desperate.
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