Is there any way I can prevent my 27mth daughter being a 6am riser? Please help! My daughter (27 months) is waking early. We have been through the check list, and I got the darkness situation sorted. She slept longer for a few weeks, then decided she was scared of the dark. So we left her dimmer on low with one bulb in for a while. This worked for a few weeks, then the early waking started again. So I bought her a little light that is attached to her cot, which she can turn on when she wakes. This also worked for a few weeks, but no longer. I…

My 27mth daughter who is fully potty trained is now waking early in the morning needing to wee. My daughter is 27 months old now, and 2 months ago was toilet trained very successfully in 3 days which I was so proud of and thanks to Gina’s book. She uses the big toilet now and has been dry during the night for over a month, but I still put her in a nappy. Now I am not sure whether this is the problem, but it certainly seems like it, although it had started to happen prior to her being toilet trained. My daughter goes to bed at 7-7.30pm Monday –…

Every morning my 2 year old wakes up crying and screaming around 5.30am. I’ve always rushed in with a little milk to try and satisfy possible hunger and hopefully settle him back. This did work for a short period, but now he still drinks the milk but won’t go back to sleep, doesn’t want to come in for a cuddle, and demands to watch ‘Cbeebies’. If we say ‘no it’s too early’, he gets hysterical, and it can wake his baby brother up He goes to bed approx 7.30, so 5.30am is far to early to get up isn’t it? Do I just get up with him and go downstairs…

How do I ensure my two and a half year old son is getting enough sleep now he has dropped his daytime nap? I am really worried that my two-and-a-half-year-old son is not getting enough sleep and that this is beginning to effect his behaviour. He began to drop his lunch time nap a few weeks ago but is now only averaging eleven hours sleep a night which results in him becoming irritable and grumpy during the late afternoon. I am finding this difficult since I also have a very active 14-month-old son, and my husband works late which means I am often on my own at bedtime. How do…