Question- Kid waking up

[Doll15]

Hi Ladies-
So in the last few weeks DD has been getting up about 2 hours earlier than normal. I went to her 3 year check up and mentioned how her sleep has significantly changed and that we are looking for feedback. They blamed the fact that I'm 38 weeks pregnant and C is sensing some change coming.

I took that information and applied it with her attitude lately and figured it must be the reason.

Well another weird thing is that I ( and I think I've mentioned this before) will wake up to her just standing at the end of my bed or right outside my bedroom door. She won't come wake me but will whimper or just stand there until I invite her to bed with me. This is when the earlier than usual wake ups occurred too.

Fast forward to this morning, H mentions when he woke up for work (which is super early), that C was asleep in the hallway in front of the hall bath. She woke up at some point between 2am and 5am and either sleep walked or walked to hallway and just went back to sleep.

I don't know what is going on. I want to help her get her sleep back because she's been quite difficult and angry lately with being overtired almost all day. I also don't understand why she isn't waking me up or crying out. She isn't playing with her toys in the middle of the night or getting into anything. I know this because I clean her playroom every night and I'm particular with where things are.

I'm such a light sleeper normally, as in wake up when I hear her cough or even the light whimper she sometimes makes. I don't know why I'm not hearing her.

I'm going to try to put the baby monitor back in her room and see if I can catch her waking up and climbing out of bed. Any other ideas, input, or personal stories?

For extra security measures we installed a tall slider lock on all exits of the house when we moved her to a twin bed. I didn't want her to be able to get out of house, so that isn't my worry.

Thanks, you ladies are always so insightful with this stuff.

[becole]

Good for you for knowing to lock her in with the exterior locks. I don't have experience with changed sleep yet other than weekend naps becoming tougher but my sisters 3.5 yo slept great from 0- 3 and now he wakes several times a night and gets up early. I think it's because he was in a crib before and they don't set boundaries and once he could get out. He took full advantage. I keep telling her to lock him in but she hasn't yet. Instead he goes and wakes up the other kids (helpful, right?).

[Doll15]

I really want to set boundaries. I'm afraid if I get her in trouble for getting out of bed, I'll be instilling fear that she can't come get me if she needs me. But I'm afraid if I ignore it, it won't go away. I took away her pacifier last week. This was going on weeks before that. I thought it might be a phase or leap because 3 was approaching and the new baby coming but it seems like it is sticking so I'm at a loss.

[savigirl]

I just got done reading a few sleep training books and each had a section about sleep walking. I didn't read far into them bc it doesn't apply to dd, but it sounds like sleep walking if you don't hear her, she isn't saying anything, and isn't really getting into anything. Maybe look up sleep walking a bit and see what suggestions are out there. I read the sleep lady shuffle book.

[becole]

May 8, 2017 17:23:19 GMT -5 Doll15 said:

I really want to set boundaries. I'm afraid if I get her in trouble for getting out of bed, I'll be instilling fear that she can't come get me if she needs me. But I'm afraid if I ignore it, it won't go away. I took away her pacifier last week. This was going on weeks before that. I thought it might be a phase or leap because 3 was approaching and the new baby coming but it seems like it is sticking so I'm at a loss.

I get what you're saying. It sounds like she's sleep walking. Can you lock her in her room for her safety, but also have a voice video monitor? My son knows he can talk to us through the video and we can talk back to him. So if he needs me, he calls out.

[Doll15]

We installed a gate so she can't fall down stairs if she is in fact sleep walking. I am leaning towards that being the cause. She was at the foot of my bed sleeping when H got up for work. My monitor is turned all the way up, she has to be sleeping and gentle or I feel like I'd hear her. Tonight I'm going to try the noise function, it has an alert tone that goes off if movement is detected. I want to catch her getting out of bed.

[activebaby]

Any insight? Did you notice her getting out of bed?

[Doll15]

She hasn't done it again the rest of the week. I'm super confused still.

[activebaby]

I used to sleep walk when I was younger. I stopped doing it now...at least I think I have. I'm usually up so frequently at night that I think I know when I am awake ??

[Doll15]

May 12, 2017 11:13:53 GMT -5 activebaby said:

I used to sleep walk when I was younger. I stopped doing it now...at least I think I have. I'm usually up so frequently at night that I think I know when I am awake ??

Haha I'm happy to know you outgrew it. I've just upped our security measures so she doesn't get hurt. It's kind of freaky for me to think of her wondering around asleep while I hear nothing!