Since going away on holiday my 2-year-old has lost his good sleep habits. My son is 2-years-old and he has been an excellent sleeper. Up until we went on holiday, 4 weeks ago, he settled in his room by himself on a regular basis. The problem is occurring now we are on holiday and he does not have his own room for 5 weeks and during this time he has lost all his good habits and demands my presence during naps and night time to settle. In essence, due to the current sleeping arrangements, he has lost all his good habits. He returns to his own room next week and…

Hearing fireworks at night frightened my 2.5 yr son and now he cannot sleep unless I am with him. My son has always slept well, only having a few blips, but nothing serious. I have never had trouble with him going to sleep, he very often says he is tired and asks to go to bed; we have a set routine which he loves and feels secure (well used to). I have put a post about my problem titled ‘fireworks nightmare’ on the message boards and have had lots of advice but nothing that has made a difference, only worsened the dilemma. Now I feel I am giving mixed signals…

We have moved our 2 year old into a bed and she now is waking hysterical, several times in the night. My daughter has just had her second birthday. My husband and I decided to put her into her cot bed. She is our only child so we were not doing this for any need to use her cot again. We were blinkered perhaps by the fact she was 2 and is extremely forward in most things. At her nursery they are always telling us how well she sleeps in her bed. We took the sides off the cot a few nights ago. Prior to this consulted Gina’s book’s (have…

My son is 2 years 6mths. He used to have numerous dummies in bed with him but now has only one. He drinks a bottle of cow’s milk at bedtime but now is waking several times a night and takes 3 or 4 more bottles as this is the only way he will settle back to sleep. How do I wean him off both? He no longer naps in the day. My son is 2 years 6mths. He used to have numerous dummies in bed with him but now has only one. He drinks a bottle of cow’s milk at bedtime but now is waking several times a night and…

My 26 month old is refusing to go to bed. The minute I leave her she becomes totally hysterical and starts to scream and scream. This has started since Saturday when the clocks changed and so I thought she just wasn’t tired enough. Now I am not so sure. Last night we didn’t manage to get her to sleep until 8.30; Today she has had no lunchtime nap at all as she was just too hysterical. I have tried all the techniques but she just continues to be hysterical the moment I leave the room. Ideally she would like me to sit next to the cot until she has gone…