My 19 month girl has been sleeping in her own room since she was 6 months old, with a baby monitor for us to respond to when she calls/cries. She is now in a cotbed, with a safety gate at the door. The past few weeks, she has been waking up in the middle of the night about 50% of the time, between 1AM and 4AM, and wanted one or both of the following:
1) won't sleep alone, wants someone to lie with her on the spare mattress next to her cotbed
2) wants to chat and sing, read her books for 1-2 hours
1) is obviously regressive as she has been quite independent. Obviously I don't want my live in helper to start sharing the same room with my girl (I don't think the helper is too keen either). I don't want to move to my girl's room or her to our room
2) we don't have much choice but to keep telling bub 'ssshhhhh' and keep the lights out and hope that she falls asleep soon, but the activity could go on for 2 hours. It means interrupted sleep for whoever goes to bub's room.
Help! suggestions?
1) won't sleep alone, wants someone to lie with her on the spare mattress next to her cotbed
2) wants to chat and sing, read her books for 1-2 hours
1) is obviously regressive as she has been quite independent. Obviously I don't want my live in helper to start sharing the same room with my girl (I don't think the helper is too keen either). I don't want to move to my girl's room or her to our room
2) we don't have much choice but to keep telling bub 'ssshhhhh' and keep the lights out and hope that she falls asleep soon, but the activity could go on for 2 hours. It means interrupted sleep for whoever goes to bub's room.
Help! suggestions?